North Korea, Syria and Eight Other Nations Missing From Climate Pledges

  • Venezuela leads absentees as UN talks enter second week
  • Others not pledging include Uzbekistan, Libya, North Korea
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Just 10 nations are sitting on the sidelines of the United Nations effort to rein in climate change, which drew unprecedented support from world leaders last week who turned out in record numbers to get the talks going in Paris.

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