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Katowice ( and the center of the Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2.2 million. - Source: Wikipedia

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Outcry in Poland as case against gallows protest dropped

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Smoke billows from a chimney of the Solvay factory for production and processing of plastic materials, in Ospiate, near Milan, Italy, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. The climate change conference, COP24, is closing today in Katowice, Poland. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Talks adopt ‘rulebook’ to put Paris climate deal into action

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

President Michal Kurtyka poses for a photo after adopting the final agreement during a closing session of the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Universal emissions rules agreed upon by nearly 200 countries at U.N. climate talks

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 photo toxic froth from industrial pollution floats on Bellundur Lake in Bangalore, India. As politicians haggle at a U.N. climate conference in Poland over ways to limit global warming, the industries and machines powering our modern world keep spewing their pollution into the air and water. The fossil fuels extracted from beneath the earth's crust _ coal, oil and gas _ are transformed into the carbon dioxide that is now heating the earth faster than scientists had expected even a few years ago. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

The Latest: UN climate talks agree on reporting emissions

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A tramway at a stop near the &quot;Spodek&quot; arena, part of the venue where U.N. climate talks are help on ways of combating global warming in Katowice, Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

The Latest: Climate delegate: ‘What’s the point?’ of talks

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The Latest: Ex-VP Gore thinks Trump may help climate cause

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A metal sculpture sits in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 as Greenpeace activists protest against Germany's strategy against global warming. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

The Latest: German minister stresses future for coal workers

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In this Dec. 7, 2018 photo Dirk Gratzel walks with his dog at his hunting ground in Stollberg, western Germany. Gratzel counts his carbon emissions. The software entrepreneur from Germany is among a growing number of people looking for ways to cut their personal greenhouse gas emissions from levels that scientists say are unsustainable if global warming is to be curbed. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Carbon conscious: how one man is shrinking his footprint

By FRANK JORDANS and DANIEL NIEMANN - Associated Press

Swedish young activist, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg, right, speaks to climate activists during the March for Climate in a protest against global warming in Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, as the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference takes place in the city. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

The Latest: Catholic pilgrims bear climate change warning

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Climate activists attend the March for Climate in a protest against global warming in Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, as the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference takes place in the city. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Protesters disrupt U.S. fossil fuel event at U.N. climate talks

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Guests arrive at the 'Spodek' multipurpose arena complex for the COP24 summit in Katowice , Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump administration touts fossil fuels at COP-24 U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Smoke billows from a chimney in IJmuiden, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The climate change conference, COP24, takes place in Katowice, Poland, from Dec. 2-14, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Splits deepen as UN climate talks near crunch time

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A miner's orchestra march and play around the Nikiszowiec estate to celebrate Barborka Miner's Day, or St. Barbara's Day, in Katowice Nikiszowiec, Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Traditionally an orchestra of miners woke the mine managers at sunrise by playing in the street. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Miners’ Day celebrated in climate talks city in Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 26, 2011 photo, a melting iceberg floats along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet near Nuuk, Greenland. The COP 24 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Katowice, Poland. Negotiators from around the world are meeting for talks on curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

The Latest: Dutch PM: All must be involved in climate fight

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Demonstrators take part in a climate demonstration in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Thousands of people are marching in Berlin and Cologne to demand that Germany make a quick exit from coal-fired energy, a day before a U.N. climate summit opens in neighboring Poland. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

Coal question looms large as climate talks begin in Poland

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press