360What happened in 2015?
4 moments from 2015 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 12 December 2015
Nearly every nation agrees the Paris climate agreement
On 12 December 2015, at the COP21 climate conference near Paris, 196 parties agreed to limit global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to try to keep it to 1.5°C. Each country sets its own plan to cut emissions and updates it every five years. The agreement came into force in November 2016.
- 12 December 2015 · from Nearly every nation agrees the Paris climate agreement
The Paris Agreement is adopted
- 2015 · from The 2010s: Vision 2030 and a changing Kingdom
King Salman's reign begins; Paris Agreement
- 2015 · from The Suez Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
The New Suez Canal channel opens