(VOVworld) - The European Union (EU) environment ministers on Friday agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, despite the fact that some national parliaments have yet to approve the deal.

French Minister for Environment Segolene Royal and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at ''High-Level Event on Entry into Force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change'' meeting REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The information was confirmed by European Council President Donald Tusk on his Twitter account. He said all member states green-light early EU ratification of Paris Agreement. What some believed impossible is now real.

European Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete hailed a historic decision and said the deal answered criticisms that the EU had lost leadership on climate change. Seven EU nations, including Germany and France, have ratified the agreement.