A comma inserted into a UN climate pact is causing debate:
“The Bali paragraph says treaty talks should yield ‘nationally appropriate’ actions by developing countries to curb emissions ‘in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner.’ The comma after ‘building’ was dropped and then reinserted at the Bush administration’s insistence. Delegates from the U.S. argued for the comma to be inserted so that ‘actions’ by developing countries and not just support from industrialized nations, would be measurable, reportable and verifiable, or MRV in UN jargon.”
Punctuation Heats Up Climate Talks With ‘Famous Comma’ Debate
