ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday (October 5) that a threshold had been passed for the ratification of a global agreement to combat climate change. "Today's a historic day in the fight to protect our plant for future generations," Obama said. Support for the Paris Agreement has widened to nations representing 56.75 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, above the 55 percent needed for implementation, a U.N. website showed. The deal will formally start in 30 days. The agreement, reached in December 2015, already has support from other major emitters led by China, the United States and India. In total, 72 countries out of 195 have ratified the agreement, according to the U.N. website. Several nations hailed the rapid ratification of an agreement meant to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, to limit floods, droughts, more powerful storms and rising ocean levels.
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