Negotiators from nearly 200 countries strike deal over how to implement landmark Paris climate treaty
By DW
17 December 2018 |
5:22 am
A global climate summit has ended in Poland with an agreement on how the 2015 Paris climate accord will be implemented. However, countries could not even agree to 'welcome' the findings of the IPCC report.
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