LE BOURGET, France: China and India, the world’s two most populous nations and biggest developing country greenhouse-gas polluters, hailed Saturday’s adoption of a universal climate pact as a step to a brighter future.

“What we have adopted is not only an agreement, but we have written a new chapter of hope in the lives of seven billion people on the planet,” Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said to loud applause from exhausted but elated climate negotiators.

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