That was the bizarre and symbolic scene that unfolded Monday at the UN COP24 climate talks at a spaceship-shaped conference center in Polish coal country. Since the Industrial Revolution, the United States has done more to cause climate change than any other nation, according to the World Resources Institute . "As we have made clear in the IPCC and other bodies, the United States has not endorsed the findings of the report." In Paris, world leaders decided to work together to limit warming to at most 2 degrees -- and 1.5 degrees if at all possible. The United States is actually moving away from coal even as it promotes it, Schmidt said.

Source: CNN December 10, 2018 19:41 UTC