Nearly 200 delegations have gathered in Qatar to plan for a new international emissions pact . Developed , developed countries disagree over how to share burden of carbon emissions . China is seeing crop failures , new weather patterns , record ice ages , acidifying oceans . There 's doubt that at the global level , emissions - cutting goals will be matched by deeds .
Nearly 200 delegations have gathered in Qatar to plan for a new international climate pact . Developed , developing countries disagree over how to share burden of cutting emissions . Earth is seeing crop failures , new weather patterns , record ice melt , acidifying oceans . There 's doubt that at the global level , emissions-cutting goals will be matched by deeds .