New games are being played out to circumvent action - or at least to find ways to do as little as possible and as cheaply as possible
Observers said delegates were struggling to resolve the question of whether big emitters will signal their intent to raise their emissions-cutting targets next year
India was also ravaged by crippling heat in 2018, along with the worst flooding in over 100 years and a pair of cyclones. Total damages: nearly $38 billion.
Says developed world is responsible for more than 70% of carbon emissions and a historical responsibility cannot be wished away