“I was glad today when I heard the news about Russia's adoption of the Paris Agreement. Great news! A few months ago they did not expect this. This shows that there is progress, ”TASS quotes Macron.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government decree on the adoption of the Paris climate agreement.
The Paris Agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015. The countries of five continents agreed to prevent the average temperature on the planet from rising by more than two degrees Celsius by 2100 compared with the pre-industrial era.