With 31 states depositing their ratification instruments with the United Nations at a ceremony organised by Ban Ki-moon in New York on Wednesday 21 September - which takes the number of countries to 60, accounting for 48% of global emissions - the European Union, the only bloc of countries having to ratify as a group of 29 (the EU and its member states), has demonstrated its determination not to be outdone.
The ambassadors of the EU member states (Coreper) formulated a draft solution on...