It was to be the pinnacle for raising climate ambitions and boldness. But if the urgency was indeed in all the speeches at the extraordinary Climate Action Summit, which ended on Tuesday 24 September in New York, the commitments of the leaders of the major emitting countries were not met.
The 66 participating States - mainly small island States and developing countries - together contributing only 6.9% of global emissions, have committed themselves to raising their 2020 target and have...