Negotiators’ Climate Finance Proposal Highlights Struggle To Reach Deal

The latest proposal for reaching a new international climate finance target for developing countries is highlighting negotiators’ struggle to reach a deal on the topic at the ongoing United Nations climate conference, even as European countries and some others are striving to craft ambitious climate mitigation goals ahead of scaled-back U.S. policies. Observers say the latest proposal released Nov. 21 for the climate finance target -- dubbed the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) -- fails to bridge divides between developed...