“This is huge,” Obama tweeted earlier in the day.
President Barack Obama planned to speak 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday on the historic climate change agreement reached between more than 190 countries in Paris.
The deal reached on Saturday was decades in the making and marked a global effort to stop human-induced climate change.
The countries agreed that greenhouse gas emissions should peak "as soon as possible," and developed countries agreed to provide significant resources toward the worldwide effort.
Obama has attributed the deal, which previous climate change meetings had failed to reach, to American leadership.
Under the deal, the countries will try to keep global temperature rising within 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. The goal is an aggressive one, and the countries will review their plans and progress every five years.
"Today, more than 190 countries came together to adopt the most ambitious climate change agreement in history," the White House said in a statement.
LINK: Historic Global Climate Change Agreement Adopted In Paris
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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