Negotiators took time out Sunday to rest after the first week of talks ended on a sour note the previous night, when the United States sided with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in blocking endorsement of a landmark study on global warming. “I think it was a key moment,” said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists. The 2015 Paris agreement set a target of keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), ideally 1.5 C by the end of the century. Observers at the talks said the two Gulf countries’ objection to the IPCC report came as no surprise. While many countries are sending ministers or even national leaders to the talks, the U.S. and Britain are among the countries that will be represented only by bureaucrats.

Source: Huffington Post December 10, 2018 11:48 UTC