1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="u2lw1RuM1h"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/reality-check-un-climate-talks-stall-despite-g7-posturing/">Reality Check: UN Climate Talks Stall Despite G7 Posturing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/reality-check-un-climate-talks-stall-despite-g7-posturing/embed/#?secret=u2lw1RuM1h" width="600" height="338" title="“Reality Check: UN Climate Talks Stall Despite G7 Posturing” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="u2lw1RuM1h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Calls by the Group of Seven (G7) Monday to slash world carbon emissions did little to boost UN climate talks in Bonn, where frustration mounted over the snail-­like progress. Due to end on Friday, the 11­day Bonn talks are tasked with shaping a draft text for the November 30 ­December 11 UN conference in Paris, which must yield a global agreement. But after a week of wrangling, just about five percent had been shaved off a sprawling near ­90 ­page draft, mostly by removing glaring duplications, said delegates. --Agence France-Press, 9 June 2015 In a joint declaration from the G7 summit, leaders of the world's richest countries called for a global phase-out of fossil fuels for the first time on Monday. That sounds great, but unfortunately, they're talking about a lax timescale — "over the course of this century." The leaders also committed to "doing our part to achieve a low-carbon global economy in the long-term," though they didn't announce any increased ambitions in cutting carbon in their own economies. --Eric Holthaus, Slate, 8 June 2015https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_un_climate_conf.jpg