10 Years After the U.N. Climate Pact, What Did It Actually Do?

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsIn 2015, nearly 200 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, the first global pact to fight climate change. It was a commitment to keep global warming "well below" 2 C compared to pre-industrial times. Ten years later, those same countries will meet in Belem, Brazil, November 10-21 for this year's U.N. climate summit, yet global temperatures have continued rising to record-breaking levels. What, then, did the Paris Agreement accomplish?