RedOrbit: The United States and China announced an agreement earlier this year to reduce carbon emissions, and some observers are predicting the announcement could kick-start a trend of similar commitments from other countries as the annual UN climate conference begins in Peru today.
The talks in Lima will focus mostly on a new global climate agreement among 195 nations which is expected to go into effect by the end of 2015.
The site of the UN meeting is particularly notable, considering that Peru appears...