As Earth Day was being observed around the planet on Friday, a record number of 175 countries signed the historic Paris accord to slow global warming.
Both China and the United States, the world’s top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, pledged to formally adopt the deal by the end of the year, raising the prospect of it being enforced much faster than anticipated.
US Secretary of State John Kerry brought his young granddaughter along to the signing ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, sitting her on his knee as he put pen to paper, in a symbolic gesture to stress the pact’s importance for future generations.
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