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UN Climate Talks Start in the Year of Disasters, Energy Price Shocks and Fast Rising Temperatures – WTOP News
World leaders are under pressure to turn climate pledges into action as the U.N. conference confronts fossil fuel subsidies worth $1.1 trillion, officials say.
Three stories about climate change are playing out like popular movie genres as United Nations climate negotiations begin in Antalya, Turkey. There’s the horror story. Many scientists believe global warming is accelerating. Two months ago, the U.N. readjusted its decade-old goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) because the...