The prospect of striking a global deal and a legally-binding agreement on carbon emission controls had never looked as bleak as it does on the last day of the Conference of Parties (COP17) meet in Dur ...
UN secretary-general urges members states not to wait for a legally binding agreement and instead, go back and initiate take own strategies to reduce their greenhouse gases.
Durban was supposed to be the last-ditch attempt for a global climate deal, but it seems stacked with its own share of problems, writes Sayed Talat Kamal from South Africa