Monday Sunrise Briefs: Climate summit's high hopes and few steps

Resolute determination. That may be the most optimistic take on a marathon two-week U.N. climate summit that ended in Madrid Sunday. Most participants expressed disappointment. "Major players … did not live up to expectations, said Laurence Tubiana of the European Climate Foundation, “but thanks to a progressive alliance of small island states, European, African and Latin American countries, we obtained the best possible outcome, against the will of big polluters."

Global consensus on further reductions in greenhouse gases, a hallmark of the 2015 Paris accord, remained