190 nations seek to bridge policy gaps on climate

About 190 nations meet in Germany next week to try to bridge vast policy gaps between the United States and its main allies over how to combat climate change amid growing evidence that the world is warming.

The May 15-16 “dialogue” will involve around 40 rich nations which are capping emissions of heat-trapping gases under the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol, as well as outsiders such as the United States and developing nations.

“Scientific evidence of the dramatic effects of human-induced climate change is becoming stronger,” said Richard Kinley, acting head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat which will host the meeting in a Bonn hotel.

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