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How a single word could hold up global talks to save the planet

The Washington Post · last updated

Daniel Reifsnyder still remembers the single word that nearly derailed the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Reifsnyder, then a State Department official negotiating the treaty on behalf of the United States, discovered a potentially deal-killing line buried deep in the draft text. It declared that wealthy countries “shall” set targets for cutting their planet-heating emissions.

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