Several U.N. meetings meant to tackle global warming are being postponed or canceled outright in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak also threatens to complicate a planned rollout of an airline emissions trading program organized by the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization. Regional briefings on the trading program are supposed to be held in several locations beginning this month.
By Nathanial Gronewold, E&E News/Scientific American. on March 13, 2020.