Global Climate Talks Stall as Temperature Soars in Europe
- Two weeks of talks in Germany have highlighted divisions
- Envoys work on a mechanism to channel climate aid to the poor
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Envoys at a round of United Nations climate talks finished two weeks of discussions with little progress on how to cut pollution as a heatwave scorched Europe’s capital cities.
The discussions in Bonn, Germany, involving almost 200 nations were aiming to advance work on rules for a sustainable development mechanism that would channel aid for environmental programs to poorer nations. It’s part of the effort to flesh out the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, where all nations agreed to make voluntary cuts to fossil fuel emissions.