An international gathering on climate change opened in Berlin to prepare the ground for a UN summit on the issue in Durban in December. The meeting, attended by representatives from some 35 countries, was opened by Germany’s Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen and South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashbane. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due to address the gathering later Sunday. In her weekly video podcast broadcast, she called for the Durban meeting to hammer out a global, legally-binding agreement to ensure that global warming, due to carbon emissions, be limited to two degrees Celsius. Read More
