UK ratifies the Paris Agreement on tackling climate change

The UK has ratified the world's first comprehensive treaty on tackling climate change, the British government said.

UK ratifies the Paris Agreement on tackling climate change

The UK has ratified the world's first comprehensive treaty on tackling climate change, the British government said.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has signed the Paris Agreement, which commits countries to limiting global temperature rises to "well below" 2C over pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to keep increases to 1.5C.

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