Paris Climate Change Summit -- News Updates November 30, 2015

Reuters: World leaders launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris

World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with French President Francois Hollande saying the world was at a "breaking point" in the fight against global warming.

Some 150 heads of state, including U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, will urge each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining to steer the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels.

They arrived at United Nations climate change talks in Paris armed with promises and accompanied by high expectations. After decades of struggling negotiations and the failure of a previous summit in Copenhagen six years ago, some form of landmark agreement appears all but assured by mid-December.

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Paris Climate Change Summit -- News Updates November 30, 2015

LIVE COP21: Paris summit opens -- BBC
World leaders call for action at Paris climate talks – live -- The Guardian
Paris climate summit LIVE: 'future of planet at stake' - Hollande (Live Updating) -- The Telegraph
Live Updates: At United Nations COP21 Climate Change Summit In Paris, China Urges Europe, US To Lead In Fight Against Global Warming -- IBTimes
In progress COP21 Paris climate talks – live -- Financial Times
COP21 — Latest -- Politico

COP21: Ban tells world leaders ‘a political moment like this may not come again’ -- UN News Centre
COP21 climate summit opens in Paris amid high security -- France 24
Obama Urges Action at Climate Summit -- VOA
Obama says COP21 is 'act of defiance' against terrorism -- Al Jazeera
COP21: Paris conference could be climate turning point, says Obama -- BBC
COP21 climate change summit: 'Never have the stakes been so high' -- CNN
Climate Change Takes Center Stage in Paris -- FOX News
Major powers pledge $20bn for green energy research -- The Guardian
Paris police arrest 100 in clashes after Cop21 climate change protest -- RFI
10 Things To Know About The U.N. Climate Talks In Paris -- NPR
Paris Primer: Rundown on Climate Talks -- VOA