Guterres returned to this southern Polish city two days before the scheduled wrap-up of the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. “To waste this opportunity would compromise our last best chance to stop runaway climate change. Domestic political shifts, such as the lack of climate leadership from the United States, previously regarded as a key force in the climate talks, also marred the negotiations, often done in closed meetings and huddles between groups. Trump administration officials were also heckled earlier this week for promoting fossil fuels at an official side event of the climate talks. He said some people only looked at the planet and saw profit, referring to the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 13, 2018 21:33 UTC