haggle 復習
COP21がフランス・パリで開催されております。気候変動対策のため包括的な合意事項を結ぶことが目的です。全195ヶ国が参加し，2周間以内に協定を結ぶこととなっております。協議では，先進国と後進国では利害の隔たりが大きく，議論が難航することが予想されます。
記事の中で気になった単語は"haggle"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）によると「値切る，《…のことで》言い合う，《人と》やり合う, かけ合う」などという意味がありました。ODには"Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something"と定義されております。（Ume）
COP21: Poor countries fear being 'left behind' in rush for deal
While the arrival of the leaders will give a significant boost to the conference, the practical difficulties of securing a deal have not gone away.
At present the negotiating text runs to more than 50 dense pages, filled with brackets, indicating disagreement.
The hope is that, by the end of this week, a new draft agreement will be ready for environment ministers to haggle over during the second half of the conference.
Among those attending the talks is the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. He said he was not confident that the Paris talks would produce a deal to tackle the "hideous problem" of climate change.
"We know the consequences of rise of temperature, what it will do for the oceans, for example," he told the BBC.
