(CNN) The message from climate activists was passionate, the warning from the scientific community and countries already experiencing the effects of climate change, urgent. Sticking pointThe summit featured almost 200 countries wrangling over the rules of the 2015 Paris climate accord. Protests broke out over the lack of climate action at the conference. Meanwhile there are mounting public concerns about climate change, a slew of scientific reports warning of climate catastrophe and fury from a youth-led protest movement, which saw an estimated 4 million people join a global climate strike in September. "Dear leaders, we need leadership on climate action not talks.

Source: CNN December 15, 2019 15:45 UTC