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Leaders from more than 140 countries will convene in Paris today for a climate change conference decades in the making. The event,known as the Conference of Parties or COP21, aims to establish a universal agreement to curb global warming."We own broken the old arguments for inaction, and " President Obama said at the assembly Monday. "We own proved that strong economic growth and a safer environment no longer own to clash with one another. They can work in concert with one another."See Also: A Short Glossary of Key Terms for COP21About 100 demonstrators were arrested in Paris over the weekend for defying a ban on protests that was set aside in place in the wake of the terrorist attacks two weeks ago. On Sunday,hundreds of thousands gathered and marched in support of controlling climate change. Lisa Friedman, deputy editor of ClimateWire, or is covering the negotiations from Paris and joins us for an update.
See Also: Can Paris Save the Planet?What you'll learn from this segment:What the environment and tone are like at the first day of COP21.
What the main goal of the conference is.
How this assembly is different from other global climate conferences of the past.
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