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Ministers to gather for climate deal discussion ahead of Paris summit France will host the climate conference in Paris (COP21) in December where officials aim to find a global and binding agreement to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius. Some 80 top officials from across the world will participate in the summit. About 40,000 visitors, including more than 3,000 journalists, were expected to take part in the event. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chair the three-day meeting starting on Nov. 8 Couples face wait for second-child policy Local regulations need to be amended or parents will still face penalties, says population expert ? wait until the appropriate laws are amended ?the necessary measures will be determined by peoples congresses or their standing committees in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. ?people had second baby before the new local regulations were finalized still faced financial penalties and a legal identity. we estimate that the peak will be over 20 million newborn babies Timeline 1970: Chinese population exceeds 800 million. 1975: China adopts the slogan Late, Long and Few and encourages couples to have one child and urges them to have no more than two. 1980: A new marriage law says couples are obliged to practice family planning, placing a limit of one child for each family. 1984: China adjusts the policy, allowing a second child for some families in rural areas and for couples who both are an only child, and in some other specified circumstances. 2001: China decrees new laws to better manage the administration of the policy, including penalties for unapproved births. The laws allow local government to impose fines for additional children. 2013: China adds an exemption allowing two children for families in which one parent, rather than both, is an only child.