Qatar Climate Change Talks

Catastrophe-hit Philippines on Thursday led a host of countries in making an emotional plea to rich nations to salvage the listless climate talks here, as civil society groups launched a scathing attack on 'deal blockers', warning that the Doha round was on the "brink of disaster."

Arab nations have failed to use U.N. talks on climate change to put forward any meaningful measures on tackling the problem in their own countries, delegates and environmental activists said on Wednesday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged negotiators at global climate talks in Doha to show "strong political commitment" to reducing Earth-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.

U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed on Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.

When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned.

Catastrophe-hit Philippines on Thursday led a host of countries in making an emotional plea to rich nations to salvage the listless climate talks here, as civil society groups launched a scathing attack on 'deal blockers', warning that the Doha round was on the "brink of disaster."

Arab nations have failed to use U.N. talks on climate change to put forward any meaningful measures on tackling the problem in their own countries, delegates and environmental activists said on Wednesday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged negotiators at global climate talks in Doha to show "strong political commitment" to reducing Earth-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.

U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed on Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.

When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned.