Climate Agreement Inches Forward In Lima

<> Climate Agreement Inches Forward In Lima - A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further important step forward in Lima following two weeks of negotiations by over 190 countries. Nations concluded by elaborating the elements of the new agreement, scheduled to be agreed in Paris in late 2015, while also agreeing the ground rules on how all countries can submit contributions to the new agreement during the first quarter of next year. Decisions adopted by COP 20 and CMP 10 – Scroll down for Lima Call for Climate Action and all major actions More news from UNFCCC Lima COP20 website UN agrees way forward on climate change – but path is unclear (by Nicholas Stern) Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal Climate Talks Yield Plan to Spread Burden of Emission Cuts - Source: Wall Street Journal - The U.S. and other wealthy countries persuaded their developing-nation peers to advance a framework that for the first time would spread the burden of economically painful emission cuts across A Climate Accord Based on Global Peer Pressure - New York Times‎ - Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, after more than 36 straight hours of negotiations, top officials from nearly 200 nations agreed to the first deal committing every country in the world to reducing the fossil fuel emissions that cause global warming Sierra Club Statement On The Conclusion of COP20 Negotiations Limping Home from Lima - Limping Home from LimaLIMA (December 14, 2014) – The U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru wrapped up early Sunday morning, a day later than scheduled, with decisions that represent the bare minimum