Can Paris reconcile political, economic interests to combat climate change?
Time's running out fast for world's economies to get their act together to rein in global warming.
Medford, Massachusetts
IN A POETIC irony, while world leaders met in Paris early this month to address the climate change threat, two of the major countries key to global warming saw their capitals - Beijing and Delhi - smothered in dense smog. Beijing even issued its first "Red Alert", urging citizens to stay indoors.
As the so-called 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) concludes in Paris, there are commitment…
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