Thursday, May 24, 2012

Rich-poor divide at UN climate talks

Associated Press: U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. As so often in the slow-moving negotiations, the session in Bonn bogged down with disputes over technicalities. But at the heart of the discord was the larger issue of how to divide the burden of emissions cuts between developed and developing nations. Developing...

URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57441116/rich-poor-divide-at-un-climate-talks/
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