pam: nearly 200 nations adopt the first global pact to fight climate change. the paris agreement aims to keep global temperatures from rising another 1.8 degrees fahrenheit between now and the year of 2100. the deal will also help poorer nations pay for the effects of global warming. president obama addressed the delegates. president obama: our goal is high and we want to work together. this agreement represents the best chance we have had to save the one planet that we ve got. pam: right now climate change protests are wrapping up in boston. today, activists rallying demanding bold action from international leaders. environmental, labor and religious groups among those on boston common. they marched and held a rally at the state house. so far, no arrests. bob: meanwhile, mid-december temperatures soared into the sixties in many parts of the state coming. and though most welcome this mild december, for those in the ski business it s tough going. our juli mcdonald is live at
president obama hailing the efforts of secretary of state john kerry. our juli mcdonald is live in boston our top story. juli? juli: this agreement is being called a turning point. to keep temperatures from rising over the next 85 years, it is around here wearing shorts and t-shirts. people in nearly every country on the planet tonight or celebrating a historic milestone, a global pact to reduce the devastating effects of climate change. in the works for 20 years, but after two weeks of intense talks, world leaders came to a consensus. we came to an agreement here that is the strongest and most ambitious climate change agreement ever created. juli: the agreement goes into effect on 20 to effect in 2020. each country has to come up with their own plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and president obama: we may not live to see our full achievements, but that is ok. what matters is that we can be more confident that this planet is going to be in better shape for the next
can you believe it s the middle of december, folks. yes, it is. 51 degrees right now in boston. 53 on nantucket. 49 in worcester. but it is colder up in concord at 39 degrees. even colder on mt. washington at 25 degrees although this time of year it could be below zero there. as far as how we do it today, temperatures will hold pretty steady in the upper 40 s, low 50 s. notice there is a lot of cloud cover with this weather because we do have a back-door cold front moving through the area. so those winds have turned to the north and the east and to the east today. highs today really stay in the upper 40 s, and the reason why is we have this back-door cold front moving through right now but watching this system out towards the west, you see a lot of rain with that. that s headed in our direction. i ll have the complete timeline coming up. antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. a taunton man under arrest right now for the death of a pedestrian. 33-year-old michael burns i
they re going to last a little bit longer. we have a couple more days with mild air. you can see behind me on the weather map we re in the 50 s in boston, the 40 s in worcester. and the coolest spot is actually portsmouth right now on the map at 31 degrees. up there in the merrimack valley, if you re thinking about what today will be like, you should warm up to as high as 50 degrees. we ll have a lot of clouds around through the day. more of the same down along the south coast. we re keeping a lot of clouds in that forecast unfortunately as temperatures hold where they are right now. so 48 to about 53 degrees today. those winds out of the north and east switching to the east about 5-10. they re associated with this back-door cold front which is also why you re waking up to a lot of clouds. more clouds in the forecast for tomorrow and more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. we ll have the complete timeline and tell you how much to expect where you live. antoinette. antoinette: