Climate change talks end in a cul-de-sac

THE new climate change treaty under negotiation for the past two-and-a-half years begins with a brief document called A Shared Vision.

The problem is, there isn’t one.

The latest round of talks concluded on Friday showed that the 194 negotiating countries have failed to even define a common target or method for curbing greenhouse gases – just one example of the ongoing divide among rich and poor nations.