Crunch issues for climate negotiators

2015/02/13 17:05:12 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

With fewer than 300 days until the long-awaited signing of a global pact to curb climate change, the world & #039;s nations remain deeply divided on fundamental issues. Most parties agree that overall global warming must be limited to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-Industrial Revolution levels, though small island states at highest risk of climate change-induced sea level rise want a lower ceiling of 1.5 C. One proposal in the framework text approved in Geneva on Friday is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70 percent from 2010 levels by 2050 and near-zero emissions by 2100, as advised the UN & #039;s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The issue that permeates everything, & quot;differentiation & quot; is about how to share responsibility between rich and developing nations for cutting climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.
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