Energy and Environment

Kerry: We must save the planet from ‘ourselves’

By John Siciliano

Published April 22, 2016 3:00pm ET

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Kerry: We must save the planet from ‘ourselves’ — In Paris last year, 196 countries agreed to "work to save our planet from ourselves," Secretary of State John Kerry said prior to the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on climate change. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) | Mark Lennihan

Secretary of State John Kerry framed climate change as a battle to save the planet from ourselves in signing the Paris climate change agreement on Friday.

In Paris last year, 196 countries agreed to “work to save our planet from ourselves,” Kerry said. “Today is a day to celebrate, to win the battle of securing the Paris agreement.”

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