(1) It was felt that the major polluters had a moral obligation to deliver on the agreements reached some years ago during a similar convention on Climate Change.
(2) The papers presented indicated that the impacts of current warming are much more severe than previously understood.
(3) It appears that the planet's ability to adapt to and cope with how it is being treated is fraying.
(4) For example, the acceleration of sea level rise and ocean warming, and increasing risks of reaching limits to adaptation.
(5) This is what emerged at a recent conference attended by the largest scientific community on climate science.