Wrangle over costs at climate change talks - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Wrangle over costs at climate change talks

by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
2 hours, 55 minutes ago

BANGKOK (AFP) - Climate change experts battled for agreement
Thursday on how to fight global warming as crucial UN talks here
entered their final phase, with China railing against the cost of
action, delegates said.

Week-long negotiations between scientists from 120 nations are
expected to go well into the night here in Bangkok, before the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change unveils its findings
on Friday.

It will be the third and last of their reports this year, after the
first two looked into the evidence and potential impact of global
warming, but countries are struggling to find consensus on
exactly what should be done.

The economic impacts of reducing greenhouse gases that cause
global warming have proved to be the biggest sticking point, but
other issues such as whether to ramp up use of nuclear power
have also caused fierce debate, delegates said.

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