Delayed Pledges on Climate Change Put International Treaty at Risk, Bangladesh Says

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Countries that delay submitting carbon- cutting pledges to the United Nations this year could put the success of global climate talks at risk, according to Bangladesh's negotiator. Before talks start, nations will have the opportunity to assess each others' plans and late delivery could hamper the negotiations later this year in Paris, Qua-mrul Chowdhury said in London. To date, Switzerland is the only one of 196 countries participating to submit its pledge (38 INER, see related story, 3/11/15). Most plans "will arrive between June and September," Chowdhury, who has represented Bangladesh at the climate talks since 1992, said in an interview March 6. "It will be very difficult to assess them all if they come late. We risk the treaty."