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U.N. Climate Talks Limp to a

Disappointing Close
Jean Chemnick,E&E News
1-2 minutos

Lethargic, inconclusive negotiations on matters like carbon trading

contrasted with fervent protests on the streets outside

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MADRID—More than two weeks of U.N. climate talks ended

yesterday with little headway on a key issue related to the Paris

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climate accord—an impasse that frustrated both activists and

negotiators, and one that raised fresh worries about the future of
the planet.

The breakdown occurred even after negotiators worked more than

40 hours past the official close of the talks to try to reach a
resolution. But the long hours and sleepless nights didn’t yield
agreement on the last piece of the Paris Agreement’s rulebook:
guidelines for how international carbon markets would serve the
2015 climate deal.

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