<span style="color: #222222;">After two weeks of intense negotiations at Katowice in Poland ministers of&nbsp; 200 nations finally reached consensus on rules to implement the 2015 Paris climate agreement.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Paris accord aims to limit rise in global atmospheric temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial revolution levels. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed the development.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The concerns of developing nations including India and least developed nations on funding for carbon credit were finally addressed.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The affluent nations which are the main polluters agreed to pay for greening in the underdeveloped world.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The UN Secretary-General, however, qualified his praise for the negotiating nations saying that the approval of the Paris agreement work programme is the basis for a transformative process as this will require strengthened ambition from the international community.</span>
News On AIR | December 16, 2018 8:29 PM
UN Climate conference finalises rules to implement Paris climate treaty