Yet greater ambition — how far each country is willing to slash carbon emissions or assist less wealthy peers to do likewise — has largely failed to materialize. Veteran observers of UN climate talks were stunned by the state of play. “Most of the world’s biggest emitting countries are missing in action and resisting calls to raise their ambition,” Meyer said. Some nations, notably Brazil and Australia, want to count carbon credits accumulated under a previous climate deal as part of their commitments under the Paris goals. Discussions over markets ended in impasse and the issue is to be handed over to next year’s COP26 in Glasgow.

Source: Taipei Times December 15, 2019 15:56 UTC