A look at the top issues for this year’s UN climate summit
Associated PressBERLIN — This year’s U.N. climate summit renews an urgent question to the international community: Can the world come together to confront the common enemy of global warming before it’s too late? Here are five of the top issues that will need to be tackled in Glasgow: RICH COUNTRIES OWE POOR ONES The pledge by rich countries to mobilize $100 billion each year for poor nations to cope with climate change was likely missed in 2020. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY, COMMITTING TO NEW TARGETS Transparency is a key element of the talks, because the voluntary nature of the Paris accord means countries closely watch what how much progress others make before ratcheting up their targets another notch. Current agreements require developed countries to set new goals every five years, but some participants want to shift to annual pledges, at least until the world is on track to meet the Paris goals.