China's President Xi Jinping took an apparent swipe at mulilateral approaches to the climate crisis at the end of four days of high-level U.S.-China climate talks.
Climate talks are back on track between China and the United States, the two biggest carbon polluters, yet China says it will chart its own climate actions without outside interference.
China's President Xi Jinping took an apparent swipe at mulilateral approaches to the climate crisis on Wednesday at the end of four days of high-level U.S.-China climate talks.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
