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UN Climate Summit Starts Under Cloud After G-20 Dodges Hard Questions

Without stronger guidance from the world’s biggest economies, negotiators will struggle to reach consensus on tough issues

Opening Day of the G-20 Summit — Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

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By Jess Shankleman and Akshat Rathi

October 31, 2021 at 7:32 PM UTC

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November 1, 2021 at 8:28 AM UTC

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Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the world’s most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures.