Observers and delegates at the UN's COP25 climate summit said negotiators had largely failed to live up to the conference's motto: Time for Action
As pressure inside and outside the talks mounts, old splits dividing rich polluters and developing nations - over who should slash greenhouse gas emissions by how much, and how to pay the trillions needed to live in a climate-addled world -- have reemerged.
To not lose time, the 12-day meet was moved at the last minute from original host Chile due to social unrest.
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