Prospects for a new universal climate agreement in 2015 were today given a significant boost with China and the United States jointly announcing their contributions—many months earlier than had been expected. The two countries—the world’s biggest economies and largest emitters of greenhouse gases—announced on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Beijing new measures to address their greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. Their announcement comes just hours after the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) released negotiating texts for the upcoming Lima climate conference including a draft decision on how nations will deliver their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the Paris agreement next year. Read the full story here: ow.ly/E9M6K
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:34:22 +0000
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