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| - Five years after the signing of the Paris climate agreement, extreme weather events, droughts, megastorms and heatwaves are on the rise. Signatories to the 2015 accord will meet at a virtual summit on Saturday, organised by the UN, France and the United Kingdom, hoping to breathe new life into the climate battle. Activists want world leaders to show ambition. If the Paris accord made it possible to "limit the damage", much more still needs to be done to leave Earth a liveable planet for future generations. Will post-pandemic recovery plans propel these ambitions? What future energies can world leaders rely on? How are young climate activists mobilising while the planet is still partly confined? AFP takes stock throughout the week, starting Tuesday with a look at where we stand. The package is accompanied by a series of striking videos, photographs and infographics focusing in particular on greenhouse gas emissions, melting ice, rising temperatures and state commitments to climate change. Today we are offering the following: + Five years on, summit aims to breathe life in Paris deal + Since Paris accord, climate catastrophes mount + Young climate activists adapt to pandemic world + Post-pandemic stimulus aid brings climate risks Climate-UN-summit,ADVANCER PARIS Five years ago countries agreed a plan to chart humanity's path away from climate catastrophe, with the landmark Paris deal paving the way to a greener, healthier future. Yet things have not gone to plan. 850 words by Amelie Bottollier-Depois. Graphic Also moving: Climate-UN-summit-emissions,FACTS Climate-UN-summit-energy-disasters,FACTS PARIS Record-smashing Antarctic heatwaves, melting glaciers, wave after wave of drought and wildfire, and an unending string of megastorms: since the 2015 Paris deal the deadly effects of climate change have been ever more visible. 650 words. Graphic Climate-UN-summit-youth,FOCUS PARIS Forced off the streets by the pandemic and alarmed by delays to crucial UN climate talks, young activists have had to get creative online to keep up the pressure on world leaders to tackle global warming. 950 words by Eleonore Hughes Climate-UN-summit-economy,FOCUS PARIS Enormous aid packages -- nearly $13 trillion in total -- to boost post-pandemic economic growth could worsen global warming with huge investments in fossil fuel activities, an international group of researchers warns. 800 words by Catherine Hours We will be moving on December 9 + UN state of play for CO2 emissions + Rush to meet 'net zero' promises far from reality? + Green hydrogen: A fuel bursting with climate-saving potential + Carbon capture could be climate game changer + Fossil fuels still reign, but renewables make inroads We will be moving on December 10 + China's coal ambitions risk its push for emission cuts + Finland: Clean energy threatens EU's peat burning capital afp
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