Talks on a new global climate accord entered a tense stalemate yesterday as China dug in its heels on a string of measures the US and other countries insist must be part of the agreement due to be struck in Paris today.
One of the most contentious stand-offs to emerge in the fraught last hours of the talks is a push to require countries to revisit every five years the voluntary climate pledges that more than 180 nations have made for the new accord, starting as soon as 2020.
“Without the five-year cycles, the agreement is meaningless,” said Miguel Arias Cañete, the EU’s climate
您已阅读30%（582字），剩余70%（1374字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。