‘We can move forward now’: UN climate talks take significant step
Delegates agree ‘rulebook’ for Paris goals, but key questions have been ignored or put off
They lacked the drama, excitement and eventual breakthrough that marked the Paris agreement of 2015, but this year’s UN climate talks produced important steps forward in putting the landmark accord into practice.
After last-minute wrangling over wording, late on Saturday night delegates in Poland finally agreed a text that contains most of the “rulebook” needed to guide countries’ implementation of the Paris goals.