‘U.S., China got climate warnings toned down.’

In negotiations over the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released on Friday, the United States and China “managed to eliminate language in one section that called for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.” The original draft read: “However, adaptation alone is not expected to cope with all the projected effects of climate change, and especially not over the long run as most impacts increase in magnitude. Mitigation measures will therefore also be required.” But the second sentence does not appear in the final version of the IPCC Summary for Policymakers.