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I'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. a very good day to you. we begin in paris with the latest on the historic climate deal that was reached in france. delegates from nearly 200 countries are headed back home with a plan in hand to help combat climate change. representatives approved a final draft on saturday and the french foreign minister made that announcement. listen. >>. >> translator: i'm looking around the roonl and i see the reaction is positive. i do not hear any objection. the paris agreement for the climate is accepted. >> our john sutter bass at that conference and n...

John, thank you so much for your reporting there. let's talk just a bit more about saturday's a griemt and what it means in real terms for people in the most vulnerable parts of the world. for that, derek van dam is here. this deal is historic, but there will be effects on countries with climate change. >> it's all about the ability of those countries to adapt to the effects of climate change. we're going to talk about an example between the united states and the philippines. two separate countries versus developing. and weather phenomenons they're dealing with. take a look at the graph. vul...

Global problem, it requires all the countries to work together to see what's in their self-interest and to hopefully find some financing, some new industries out of that. also to do it on behalf of the rest of the world. >> john, correct to say it will take 55 countries to sign on to this and mainly those larger countries for this deal to actually take effect, correct? >> reporter: yeah, that is correct. 55 countries and totaling 55% of global emission. i don't see that happening. i see that more of a formality. things could change. where it sits now, the moment in paris where you saw him gave...