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The '''Paris climate agreement''' (also known as the '''Paris accord''') is an international agreement intended to fight [[climate change]]. It is described as "the first universal, legally binding deal to tackle [[global warming]]."<ref name="Gosden">Gosden, Emily (December 12, 2015). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/paris-climate-change-conference/12047909/Paris-climate-change-agreement-a-major-leap-for-mankind.html Paris climate change agreement 'a major leap for mankind']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.</ref> Despite this, the actual substance of the agreement was specifically worded to be non-binding, presumably to allow it act in the United States as an executive agreement rather than a treaty, thus allowing President [[Barack Obama]] to circumvent Senate approval when adopting it. While [[liberal]]s and [[globalist]]s strongly support the agreement, its effect and benefits were significantly less than hoped for.<ref>Murphy, James (March 29, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/28621-the-myth-of-the-paris-climate-accord The Myth of the Paris Climate Accord]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref>

The '''Paris climate agreement''' (also known as the '''Paris accord''') is an international, [[Globalism|globalist]] agreement intended to fight [[climate change]]. It is described as "the first universal, legally binding deal to tackle [[global warming]]."<ref name="Gosden">Gosden, Emily (December 12, 2015). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/paris-climate-change-conference/12047909/Paris-climate-change-agreement-a-major-leap-for-mankind.html Paris climate change agreement 'a major leap for mankind']. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved June 6, 2017.</ref> Despite this, the actual substance of the agreement was specifically worded to be non-binding, presumably to allow it act in the United States as an executive agreement rather than a treaty, thus allowing President [[Barack Obama]] to circumvent Senate approval when adopting it. While [[liberal]]s and [[globalist]]s strongly support the agreement, its effect and benefits were significantly less than hoped for.<ref>Murphy, James (March 29, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/28621-the-myth-of-the-paris-climate-accord The Myth of the Paris Climate Accord]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 29, 2018.</ref>

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==Origins==