Ban Ki-moon heads to global climate talks on Tuesday warning that negotiators face a race against time to prevent the meeting ending in failure.

Africa’s frustration at the United Nations climate summit boiled over on Monday as delegates walked out of key talks.

The spectre of failure loomed on Monday over the United Nations climate summit, with China accusing wealthy nations of ”playing tricks”.

The financial commitments developed countries have made on the reduction of greenhouse gases was not nearly enough, Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

The biggest climate meeting in history opened on Monday with hosts Denmark saying an unmissable opportunity to protect the planet was ”within reach”.

People around the world are experiencing environmental destruction in myriad ways, some subtle, others devastating.