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EU ensures Paris climate deal kicks in before elections

By John Siciliano

Published September 30, 2016 3:48pm ET

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EU ensures Paris climate deal kicks in before elections — An affirmative vote by the EU would allow the Paris agreement to be ratified at the United Nations ahead of next month's 22nd U.N. climate conference in Marrakesh, Morocco. (AP Photo) | Jason DeCrow

The European Union agreed Friday to ratify the Paris climate change agreement with the goal of having the deal go into effect before the U.S. elections.

The U.S. and China ratified the deal together in September, but it still requires European agreement to go into effect before the end of the year. The deal was agreed to in December by nearly 200 countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of reducing global warming by at least 2 degrees.

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