Japan ratifies Paris climate agreement
Reuters, Tokyo
Japan today ratified the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement to cut emissions and prevent climate change, four days after the global pact officially entered into force.
The agreement seeks to wean the world economy off fossil fuels in the second half of the century, limiting the rise in average world temperatures to “well below” 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial times.
Marcos granted hero’s burial
BBC Online
The Philippines’ Supreme Court has voted to allow the body of former leader Ferdinand Marcos to be moved to the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila.
The decision follows months of protests, with many saying that Marcos’ record of corruption and rights abuses meant he should not be interred there.
Nine judges voted in favour of the burial, with five against the decision.
