With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gather Sunday in Poland to firm up their plan to prevent catastrophic climate change. In Katowice, nations must agree to a rulebook palatable to all 183 states who have ratified the Paris deal. While the data are clear, a global political consensus over how to tackle climate change remains elusive. But many other countries are already dealing with the droughts, higher seas and catastrophic storms climate change is exacerbating right now. And Gebru Jember Endalew, chair of the Least Developed Nations group of negotiators at the COP24, said “international cooperation is the only way to address the global threat of climate change.”

Source: Egypt Independent December 02, 2018 08:15 UTC