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World leaders gather to discuss climate change in Paris

In Paris, world leaders gathered to discuss climate change today, exactly two years after the Paris Agreement was adopted. <br/><br/>The meeting is called by French President Emmanuel Macron. Leaders and cabinet ministers from nearly 100 countries as well as top United Nations officials are invited. <br/><br/>The gathering is part of efforts to ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement, which established an international framework to deal with global warming beyond 2020. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and others took part in a morning session. <br/><br/>Topics of discussion included how to secure 100 billion dollars per year for climate action in developing countries. US President Donald Trump has announced his country's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. <br/><br/>He has also said his country would stop contributing to a fund for developing nations.

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