Argentina still has no strategy for Paris climate change summit

National pledge to reduce carbon emissions remains a mystery as government focuses energy development on Vaca Muerta shale reserves, reports Clarin

It's been 11,000 years since temperatures were this high on Earth, thanks to our burning of oil and gas, releasing carbon emissions, trapping the heat in the atmosphere and warming up the planet.

If we continue our current activities at this pace, we would have spent all of our so-called 'carbon budget' - that cannot be exceeded if we are to stay within the 2C limit scientists say is necessary to avoid catastrophic global warming - within the next three decades.