Will the Bonn climate talks take world closer to a Paris deal?

Jessica Shankleman
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Diplomats gather in Germany today for a fortnight of negotiations aimed at laying foundations for a global agreement on climate change, but will they deliver any real progress?

Negotiators from more than 190 countries will gather in Bonn today to thrash out the basis for a new global climate agreement that is expected to be signed in Paris at the end of the year. During the...

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