'Disgraceful': Anger grows as row stops COP24 Summit from 'welcoming' IPCC report

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'Disgraceful': Anger grows as row stops COP24 Summit from 'welcoming' IPCC report

US, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Russia accused of blocking key text fully endorsing findings of historic report on impacts of 1.5C of warming

Simmering tensions at the COP24 UN Climate Summit in Katowice boiled over yesterday, as a bloc of just four countries - the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Kuwait - opposed proposals to strengthen the wording...

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