Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, then UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius and president Francois Hollande celebrate after the adoption of the final agreement at the World Climate Change Conference near Paris on December 12, 2015. Photo: EPA
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, then UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius and president Francois Hollande celebrate after the adoption of the final agreement at the World Climate Change Conference near Paris on December 12, 2015. Photo: EPA

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Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, then UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius and president Francois Hollande celebrate after the adoption of the final agreement at the World Climate Change Conference near Paris on December 12, 2015. Photo: EPA
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, then UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius and president Francois Hollande celebrate after the adoption of the final agreement at the World Climate Change Conference near Paris on December 12, 2015. Photo: EPA
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