World leaders reach climate deal with coal compromise at UN summit

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By Trend Almost 200 nations accepted a contentious climate compromise Saturday aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that some high officials called a watering down of crucial language about coal, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya. Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change put forward by India to “phase down,” rather than “phase out” coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Nation after nation had complained earlier on the final day of two weeks of UN climate tal…

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