Some progress in Poland

There will only be one set of rules for both rich and poor countries, although the really poor ones will get a lot of financial and technical help in meeting their commitments.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was in Poland last week for the COP24 climate conference, where nearly 200 nations agreed to a rulebook governing how countries would measure efforts to curb emissions. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

December 17, 2018

Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean a hotter planet. Dealing with the problem, however, requires an international negotiation involving almost 200 countries. In big gat...

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