Five things you need to know about the Cop21 climate deal
The Paris climate talks ended with an agreement that is at once both historic, important – and inadequate.
Simon Lewis
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It’s time for a body count
Scientists are measuring carbon-dioxide emissions, air temperatures, sea-ice loss and the much more complex effects on birds, rainforest trees and coral reefs. We know that climate-change-related events are killing people, yet there is no comprehensive global monitoring programme to document the lives lost because of climate change.
