MADRID, Dec 13 — United Nations climate negotiations in Madrid were set to wrap up today with even the best-case outcome likely to fall well short of what science says is needed to avert a future ravaged by global warming. The COP25 summit comes on the heels of climate-related disasters across...
Greenpeace activists try to unfold a banner reading ‘Climate is not a business’ during the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the ‘IFEMA — Feria de Madrid’ exhibition centre, in Madrid, December 13, 2019. — AFP pic
As pressure inside and outside the talks mounts, old splits between rich polluters and developing nations have re-emerged over who should slash greenhouse gas emissions by how much, and how to pay the trillions needed to live in a climate-addled world. “We are appalled at the state of negotiations,” said Carlos Fuller, lead negotiator for the Association of Small Island States , many of whose members face an existential threat due to rising sea levels.
But Madrid was seen as a crucial launch pad where countries could show their good intentions. Nearly 80 countries have said they intend to do more, but they only represent 10 percent of global emissions.
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