World leaders are calling on a global force of nations to back an “unprecedented” accord to fight climate change, as negotiators in Paris released a final draft deal.
“The whole world is watching. Billions of people are relying on your wisdom,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, according to the Associated Press.
{mosads}”We have to do as science dictates. We must protect the planet that sustains us. We need all our hands on deck.”
French President Francois Hollande called it “the first universal agreement on climate.”
Negotiators worked past what was originally a Friday deadline for a final deal, confident an agreement was within reach.
The entire draft is available online to read now:
– Updated at 7:39 a.m.