The high-level, ministerial segment of the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima kicked off on Dec. 9 with messages of urgency and hope, with the UN’s top climate change official drawing on Inca culture to underline the urgent need to sow the seeds of a better future through climate action. More than 100 ministers and several heads of state and government are in Lima to provide guidance to negotiators and help resolve the most difficult political issues. [Photo/CNS]