Climate talks: Do you know your AOSIS from your ALBA?

PARIS - After years of intense haggling, the best hope for protecting Earth's climate is contained in a non-paper littered with no-text options on everything from CBDR to mitigation. Say what?

For the uninitiated, the 195-nation effort to craft a climate rescue pact can be a minefield of institutional jargon.

Here is a guide.

— AFP