National Geographic: The next round of U.N. climate change talks began in Bonn, Germany--the final round of midyear negotiations before the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in November. The talks are, in part, focused on defining elements of a universal climate agreement by 2015, an agreement that would be enforced by 2020.
The negotiations are now in a crucial conceptual phase of the 2015 agreement, said U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres. Stakeholders need...