Nations move ahead on curbing climate change, despite Trump
Posted November 03, 2017 7:00 am
BERLIN (AP) - Diplomats from around the world are converging in Germany next week to thrash out how to implement the Paris climate agreement, despite uncertainty over the role the United States will play in those efforts.
While U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the accord fighting global warming, other countries have pledged to press on at the Nov. 6-17 meeting in the western German city of Bonn.
Negotiators will try to agree on ways to measure each country's greenhouse gas emissions and make sure everyone is playing by the same rules.
Experts say a key issue will be the transparency of nations' emissions reports.
Environmentalists, meanwhile, are planning to protest host Germany's continued use of coal-fired power plants.
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, a wind turbine overlooks the coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)
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In this Dec. 19, 2016 file photo Chinese people wearing masks for protection against pollution exercise at Ritan Park during a heavily polluted day in Beijing. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong,file)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from chimneys of the coal-fired power plant in Bogatynia, Poland. The picture was taken from a hill near the town of Frydlant, Czech Republic. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek,file)
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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo the morning sky is colorful illuminated behind wind turbines near Jacobsdorf, Germany. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, file)
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FILE - In this March 27, 27, 1995 file photo then German environment minister Angela Merkel speaks on occasion of the UN summit on Climate in Berlin. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer,file)
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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2017 file photo morning smog envelops the skyline in Mumbai, India. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo the exhaust pipes of a VW Diesel car are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany.The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
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FILE - In this March 17, 2017 file photo a group of people, stranded in flood waters, hold onto a rope as they wade through flood waters to safety in Lima, Peru. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia,file)
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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2011 file photo photovoltaic modules and a windmill are pictured in the village of Feldheim near Berlin, Germany. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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File - In this Aug. 9, 2011 file photo, a pregnant Somali woman sits by a tree trunk at UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border. The UN Climate Change Conference 2017 will take place under Presidency of the Government of Fiji in Bonn, Germany and starts on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,file)
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