RTCC: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says the absence of the Chinese and Indian leaders from a UN climate summit on September 23 will not affect its credibility or outcomes.
The rulers of the first and third largest carbon polluters on the planet, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, recently declined to attend the meeting, hosted by secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
US president Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the gathering, as is UK prime minister David Cameron, who told NGOs of his intention to...