Articles by Alex Morales

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The Five Key Decisions Made in the UN Climate Deal in Paris
Ewa Krukowska and Alex Morales - Bloomberg, 14 Dec 2015

12 Dec 2015 – Envoys to the United Nations climate talks handed down a 31-page document on Saturday [12 Dec] outlining their boldest steps yet to rein in global warming. Here are the key points of the text, along with comment on why the decisions made in Paris matter.
• Envoys set goal to cap temperature rise below 2 degrees C
• Climate finance for poor nations to be scaled up by 2025

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Eight Lessons from the Climate Disaster and Why Paris Worked
Alex Morales - Bloomberg, 14 Dec 2015

13 Dec 2015 – It took years of careful planning by the United Nations and the 195 countries involved to reach the historic deal on climate change agreed in Paris on Saturday [12 Dec].
• Envoys from 195 nations labored six years on global accord
• Mouton Cadet wines, Venezuela critic helped the process

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Climate Deal Requires $16.5 Trillion Investment to Cut Pollution
Alex Morales and Ewa Krukowska - Bloomberg, 14 Dec 2015

13 Dec 2015 – The deal struck at United Nations climate talks requires an overhaul of historic proportions for energy policies worldwide and a huge investment in cleaning up the pollution now damaging the Earth’s atmosphere.
• UN deal in Paris would require much deeper fossil fuel cuts
• Envoys from 187 nations submit action plans to cut emissions

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