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this is To the Point. Climate change, diplomacy, and money.

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A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

This weekend's Paris Agreement is being held as historic, even though there's no way to enforce

promised reductions in greenhouse emissions.

Public disclosure is required every five years with the prospect of naming and shaming countries

that don't meet their commitments. It's also being called a signal to investors that the age of

fossil fuels is ending. That's aimed at Republican U.S. senators and other climate deniers.

Will the international marketplace supply enforcement mechanisms that diplomacy failed to provide?

Today's talking point, a political whodunit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Poet. More than 150 heads of state have recognized the science of climate change, but denial is alive and well in the U.S. Senate.

We'll hear how that helped shape this weekend's international agreement in Paris.

Today's talking point. The latest presidential debate is tonight in Las Vegas, but the biggest

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