The cost of efforts to avoid dangerous global warming may be 170 percent higher than 2007 estimates, a report for the UNโs climate agency said. The report comes four days before the UN leads a fresh round of talks in Poland to agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol in ongoing negotiations marred by squabbles over who should bear the cost of fighting climateย change.
A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโs largest emitters.
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group โvisibilityโ and โimage gainโ 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.
Proposed changes to the GHG Protocol would lead to double counting of carbon reductions in the livestock sector, experts say.
