Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Katharina Schantz & Serdar Vardar
00:41 Christoph Bals | Policy Director, Germanwatch
01:20 Navroz Dubash | Princeton University
02:12 Christoph Bals | Policy Director, Germanwatch

Script: 

A moment of rare global unity. Nearly every nation pledged to limit global warming to well below two degrees, aiming for one-point-five. 

+++ Atmo: Laurent Fabius, COP21 President
L’accord de Paris pour le climat est accepté! 
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00:17 
Ten years later, global temperatures are already brushing that 1.5-degree threshold. 
And despite progress, the world is still far from its climate goals. 

00:26 
The Paris Agreement asked every country to cut emissions, but left it up to each nation how to do it. No penalties, only promises. 

00:35 
+++SOT – Christoph Bals, Germanwatch (in German) 
It's not a large buffet where there'll be enough food to reach 1.5 degrees. It's more of a potluck dinner, where everyone brings something to the table, and hope it adds up.  
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00:51 
That flexibility was its greatest strength. It made the deal possible, say experts, but it’s also the weakest point, the reason why results have been uneven. 
 
Some nations are backpedaling; while others are charging ahead. But experts say Paris did trigger something bigger: a shift in thinking, and in narrative. 

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1:20 - 1:30
SOT – Navroz Dubash, Princeton University 
The really good news part of the story is that this renewable energy transition is now inevitable... and the Paris Agreement helped send that signal of inevitability. 
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That “signal” has reshaped economies. Solar and wind are now cheaper than coal or gas. Last year, the world invested twice as much in clean energy as in fossil fuels. And major emitters like China are already seeing emissions begin to level off, if not already peaked.  

The Paris deal hasn’t stopped global warming, but it’s pulled the world back from the brink. Before 2015, scientists warned of four degrees of warming.  Now, current pledges point to at least 2.3 degrees.

2:10 - 2:19
+++ SOT – Christoph Bals, Germanwatch (in German) 
There is a world of difference between the two, with hundreds of   millions, if not billions, of human lives at stake. 
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Since the agreement, public support of climate policies has also  grown. Globally around 2/3 of people say there needs to be more climate action. 

A decade later, the Paris Accord stands as a fragile success; one built on hope and progress that’s uneven but real.