But for the most part, it manages to balance laughs, genuinely rousing moments, and
a fully packed agenda into something fleet enough to keep running under the weight of its rich ambitions.
3 November 2017 Washington, D.C. This year's climate talks may not be as glamorous or high - profile as the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that adopted the historic Paris Agreement two years ago, but the
agenda for COP23 that starts Monday in Bonn is
packed with key issues that need to be resolved to
fully implement the Agreement.