A vote on a global plan to cut maritime emissions was postponed for a year, in a win for the Trump administration.
The International Maritime Organization delayed a final vote on its plan to impose a fee on carbon emissions to clean up shipping, bowing to pressure from the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, and other petrostates.
The London-based shipping body of the United Nations agreed on Friday to put off a vote on its emissions plan until 2026, a year later than planned. It would have created the first global carbon pricing mechanism for any industrial sector.
Fractured talks highlight a deep divide over who pays as Indigenous leaders gain unprecedented access to U.N. venue.
Nations' climate plans will collectively lower the current trajectory of 2.8° C. of warming to between 2.3° and 2.5°.
Calling themselves 'climate doers,' city leaders criticized a lack of ambition among some nations toward the Paris treaty goals.
Developing nations get 12 to 14 times less than what's needed to adapt infrastructure and prepare for climate impacts.
As the first African country to hold the G20 presidency, South Africa said its focus is framed around Nelson Mandela's legacy.
The decision on dental amalgam was counterbalanced by the greater challenge of artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
The declaration is a political mandate for countries to help more people gain basic health care, housing and education.
Fractured talks highlight a deep divide over who pays as Indigenous leaders gain unprecedented access to U.N. venue.
