article_snippet.sent: For climate change "next year" is now.
article_snippet.sent: next year is the time and the United Nations' international climate negotiations in Paris in December are the place to secure strong global agreement to curb heat-trapping emissions.
article_snippet.sent: A successful climate pact will send a signal around the world that a shift to a low-carbon economy is underway.
article_snippet.sent: The United States has made clear that The United States is ready to step up to the plate on climate change.
article_snippet.sent: The United States isn't alone in this global climate effort.
article_snippet.sent: Increasing examples demonstrate that strong climate action can be good for the economy.
article_snippet.sent: Many of these shifts are unprecedented and could not have been anticipated even five years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Yet these trends alone are not enough to counter the mounting climate-related impacts that we are already seeing.
article_snippet.sent: A global climate agreement in Paris this December can send more signals to markets and drive more ambitious climate action for decades to come.
article_snippet.sent: A Paris agreement would represent a new form of international cooperation and a fundamental change in the global approach to climate action — a shift from burden-sharing to the creation of mutual opportunities; from cost to investment; from economic threat to a spur to economic development.