Irish Times: The first round of climate talks in 2013 may have been quite relaxed, but this didnt disguise significant differences between the parties on whether the architecture of a new global agreement in 2015 should be a Kyoto Protocol-style top-down structure or something much looser.
Low-lying countries acutely aware of their vulnerability to sea-level rise, like the 44-strong Alliance of Small Island States, want a legally binding agreement with mandatory targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions ...