The warning the world could reach 1.5C warming even if pollution stopped today sets the stage as climate negotiators meet in Bonn to discuss progress since the COP26 Glasgow talks.
The COP15 conference is meeting to address issues of land degradation, advancing deserts and deforestation. Experts and activists hope that this will not be just another high-level conference with no concrete results.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt acknowledged Wednesday that a meeting organized by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last fall helped with the EPA's decision to act on a polluted California site.
