BONN: After frustrating talks in Bonn with an American delegation in limbo, UN climate negotiators are pinning their hopes for the Paris Agreement’s future on diplomatic arm-twisting at the highest level.

On the campaign trail, now-president Donald Trump vowed to “cancel” the 196-nation pact to rein in global warming by curbing emissions from burning oil, coal and gas.

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