Global reaction: the Paris Agreement on climate change

Monday 14 December 2015

Shortly before 7.30pm on 12 December, 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, the world’s first universal, legally-binding pact on tackling climate change.

Francois Hollande said the deal would be “a major leap for mankind”; Barack Obama called it “a turning point for the world”. Yet those are just two of the many, many viewpoints on the agreement.

Check out Carbon Brief’s analysis of the final Paris climate deal for a summary of what it contains.

Now, Carbon Brief is collating reactions from around the world in the grid below. We are capturing newspaper editorials, opinion pieces and the thoughts of NGOs, scientists and others.

Each summary is linked, so you can click through to the source. You can also filter the grid by type of reaction.

Thanks to Clean Energy Wire for English-language summaries of German coverage.

Below the grid of reactions, we have a gallery showing how newspaper front pages around the world covered the Paris deal.

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The Observer, UK
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The Guardian, UK
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Sunday Times, UK
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Independent on Sunday, UK
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New York Times, USA
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LA Times, USA
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Boston Globe, USA
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Washington Post, USA
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Corriera Della Sella, Italy
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Le Figaro, France
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Politiken, Denmark
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Sunday Star, Canada
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La Nacion, Argentina
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El Universal, Mexico
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O Estado de S. Paulo, Brazil
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O Globo, Brazil
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El Pais, Spain
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Der Tagesspeigel, Germany
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntags Zeitung, Germany
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International New York Times, Europe
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Rzeczpospolita, Poland
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La Repubblica, Italy
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El Universal, Venezuela
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De Telegraaf, Netherlands
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Hürriyet, Turkey
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Asahi Shimbun, Japan
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Oriental Morning Post, China
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South China Morning Post, China
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The Times, South Africa
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Público, Portugal
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Japan Times on Sunday
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Haaretz, Israel
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El Mercurio, Chile
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Los Tiempos, Bolivia
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Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

Carbon Brief coverage of the Paris Climate Conference

Main image: French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 Laurent Fabius makes a statement during Paris Climate Change Conference. © Zhou Lei/Xinhua Press/Corbis.

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