Too often, we downplay or barely notice the most important moments in our lives, while inflating those that hardly matter.
It is far too early to say whether the Paris Agreement on climate change, which countries reached last Saturday (12 December), will change the world.
But certainly, we should not downplay this achievement, or its significance.
First, and most importantly, we must remember why 195 countries came to Paris, including more than 150 heads of state, in the ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.