UN climate talks: Delegates back IPCC report without targets
Source: BBC
UN climate talks: Delegates back IPCC report without targets
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Bonn
27 June 2019
UN delegates in climate talks have agreed a "compromise" on how to include a key scientific report after two weeks of talks in Bonn, Germany.
Negotiators decided the report represented the "best available science".
But they have not included any targets on emissions researchers said were vital to keep temperatures in check.
Some smaller island delegates claimed the move amounted to a surrender to fossil fuel producers.
Several wore T-shirts with the slogan "Science is not negotiable".
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The small island states accused Saudi Arabia and others of denialism (Kiara Worth/IISD/ENB)
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