Over 165 countries plan to sign the Paris climate change agreement on Friday in New York, and the United Nations is hoping the deal can take effect in 30 days.

“The large number of countries will set a record for the most countries to sign an international agreement on one day, previously set in 1982, when 119 countries signed the Law of the Sea Convention,” the U.N. said.

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