Verification, Stocktaking Pivotal in 2018; Challenge of Backsliding Looms, Stern Says

摘要

The next big hurdle for the 2016 Paris climate deal could be in 2018, when two key pillars of the pact-final rules to verify country's climate actions and the first "stocktaking" of their pledged climate actions-will likely be on the table for negotiators from nearly 200 nations, the former lead U.S. climate negotiator said April 27.