KATOWICE, Poland – Nations on Sunday struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty after marathon UN talks that failed to match the ambition the world’s most vulnerable countries need to avert dangerous global warming. At their heart, negotiations were about how each nation funds action to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as how those actions are reported. ADVERTISEMENTThis would see richer countries giving money now to help deal with the effects of climate change many vulnerable states are already experiencing. Most nations wanted the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to form a key part of future planning. “From now on my five priorities will be: Ambition, ambition, ambition, ambition, ambition,” he said in a message read out by UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 15, 2018 22:30 UTC