Madrid to host UN climate summit after Chile pulls out
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from on (#4TH72)
Event will take place from 2-13 December as planned after Spain intervenes to save talks
The world's governments will meet in Madrid this December to discuss the climate emergency, it has been confirmed, after a last-minute intervention by the Spanish government to save the talks.
The conference had been set to take place in Santiago, Chile, but the government of President Sebastian Pinera decided on Wednesday to call it off because of the unrest in the capital. Scores of people have been killed and injured in weeks of rioting over economic inequality and social problems.
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