Arguments erupted Saturday night before a United Nations working group focused on science and technology, where the United States teamed with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to challenge language that would have welcomed the findings of the landmark report, which said that the world has barely 10 years to cut carbon emissions by nearly half to avoid catastrophic warming.
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| In November, President Trump tours the area in California that was devastated by the Camp Fire. With him are Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, and Gov. Jerry Brown. |
The United States joined a controversial proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia this weekend to weaken a reference to a key report on the severity of global warming, sharpening battle lines at the global climate summit in Poland aimed at gaining consensus over how to combat rising temperatures.
Read the story from The Washington Post by David Nakamura and David Fears - “Trump administration resists global climate efforts at home and overseas."
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