If nations do their part to limit global warming, the United Nations agency that facilitates yearly climate talks won't be needed anymore except as a "data repository," the top U.N. climate official says.
But that will require governments to stop "hiding behind loopholes in decision texts or dodging the hard work ahead" by more meeting their carbon-cutting targets and spending at least US$2.4 trillion a year on aid for poorer nations, U.N. Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said in a speech on Friday at ADA University in Baku, Azerbaijan, which will host the next round of climate talks toward the end of this year.
