In about 4 hours, the temperatures in the midwestern US dropped about 50 degrees. Further south, wildfires prompted a state of emergency in Texas. At the same time, China deployed 500,000 troops to rescue people from one of the worst winter storms on record, while a blizzard roared through parts of the Middle East, closing schools and blanketing parts of the Holy Land.
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A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sector’s largest emitters.
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group “visibility” and “image gain” in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
