It was tinged with optimism but delivered dire warnings, as the UN gears up for a December 12 virtual climate summit in France on the 5th anniversary of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement. "Humanity is waging war on nature. Residents swim to a riverside pavilion submerged by the flooded Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. The Paris climate accord set a goal of not exceeding 1.5-degree warming since pre-industrial times. And countries need to fulfill their Paris promise to spend $100 billion annually to help poorer countries develop cleaner energy.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 02, 2020 18:29 UTC