US, Russia block key global warming report from climate summit
A landmark study on global warming has been blocked from being endorsed by a world climate summit by the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
"I think it was a key moment," said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The fact that a group of four countries were trying to diminish the value and importance of a scientific report they themselves, with all other countries, requested three years ago in Paris is pretty remarkable."
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report on what would happen if average global temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, and how to ensure they don't go higher, was widely regarded as a wake-up call for policy-makers when it was released in October.
As diplomats wrapped up a week of technical talks on Saturday (Sunday NZT), almost all 200 countries present in Katowice, Poland, had wanted to "welcome" the IPCC report, making it the benchmark for future action.
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