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Saturday 20 of April 2024

UN Climate Talks Begin Amid Uncertainty Over U.S. Oposition


Kaskawulsh glacier in Northeast Canada whose flow melting waters have changed direction, a phenomenon scientists link to climate change,photo: AP/Jim Best
Kaskawulsh glacier in Northeast Canada whose flow melting waters have changed direction, a phenomenon scientists link to climate change,photo: AP/Jim Best
The talks beginning Monday in Bonn, Germany, will hammer out details for how countries should implement the 2015 Paris climate accord

BERLIN – Officials from around the world are holding U.N. climate talks this week amid uncertainty over whether the United States will pull out of a global emissions-cutting deal.

The talks beginning Monday in Bonn, Germany, will hammer out details for how countries should implement the 2015 Paris climate accord.


Diplomats will discuss how to report the actions their countries are taking to combat global warming and fund the U.N. climate agency.

The negotiations due to last until May 18 will also prepare for the annual climate change summit in November.

U.S. officials plan to meet Tuesday in Washington to discuss whether to withdraw from the Paris deal that President Donald Trump has said he would “cancel,” or find a way to back away from targets set by the Obama administration.