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A Filipino boy swims among washed up rubbish in Manila bay, the Philippines, 23 September 2014. Countries and organizations began to announce measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and divest in fossil fuels on the one-day UN Climate Summit, where more pledges to reduce climate change are expected. Addressing the controversial issue of taxing or trading in carbon emissions, the World Bank on 22 September 2014, identified at least 73 countries that advocate putting a price on the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. They represent a combined 54 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, and include major emitters China, Russia and members of the European Union, emerging markets Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa, and vulnerable island countries including the Philippines, Kiribati and Nauru. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA)
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