World’s ‘greatest test’ delays climate talks

The coronavirus pandemic that has caused 47,000 deaths worldwide represents what officials call humanity’s worst crisis since World War II.

By Arete News - April 1, 2020

The Eiffel Tower lit up on the eve of the 2015 talks that led to the historic Paris Agreement (AN/Yann Caradec)

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