14 JANUARY 2013
The UN climate talks in Qatar, which ended last month, were as inconsequential as you might imagine when the host nation chairing the event has the highest per capita carbon emissions in the world. In other words, not a lot happened — except for one thing. For the first time, nations agreed that “developing nations that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change” might have a right to redress from major polluting nations for any resulting “loss and damage.” The conference then directed its staff to begin research on how to ensure that redress.
Read more here: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/should_polluting_nations_be_liable_for_climate_damages/2609/