By AFP, PNA and Rhaydz B. Barcia.

LE BOURGET, France: Cheering envoys from 195 nations on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) approved a historic accord in Paris to stop global warming, a move that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described as “a monumental triumph for planet Earth.”

Combined with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, this has been a historic year for people and the planet.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of grueling UN negotiations on the outskirts of Paris with the bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers, who stood for several minutes to clap and shout their joy, with some shedding tears of relief.

“I see the room, I see the reaction is positive, I hear no objection. The Paris climate accord is adopted,” declared Fabius, the president of the talks.