Urgency of Climate Talks Seen in Coal Plants, Garbage Dumps

FILE - Smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris, France, Nov. 30, 2018.

FILE - Crows and black kites fly next to a tractor working on a garbage-dump on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 4, 2018.

FILE - In this slow-shutter zoom effect photo taken Dec. 12, 2018, commuters backed up in traffic during the morning rush hour, in Brussels, a city that regularly experiences pollution alert warnings.

FILE - Piles of electronic waste is placed next to a drain chocked with plastic and garbage in New Delhi, India,Dec. 8, 2018.

FILE - A passenger plane prepares for landing near an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, Dec. 13, 2018.

FILE - In this photo taken from a plane, smoke stacks are seen near the city of Urumqi China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Dec. 5, 2018.

FILE - A woman who scavenges recyclable materials from garbage for a living walks across a mountain of garbage at the dump on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2018.

FILE - Indian ragpickers search recyclable materials at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Dec. 10, 2018.

FILE - Plumes of smoke rise from Europe's largest lignite power plant in Belchatow, central Poland, Nov. 28, 2018.

FILE - Motorists are stuck in traffic jam during a rush hour at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 11. 2018.

FILE - A woman who scavenges recyclable materials from garbage for a living is seen through a cloud of smoke from burning trash, surrounded by Marabou storks who feed on the garbage, at the dump in the Dandora slum of Nairobi, Kenya, In this Wednesday, De

FILE - Smoke billows from the chimneys at Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station, in Vereeniging, South Africa, Dec. 5, 2018.

FILE - People who scavenge recyclable materials from garbage for a living walk near a mountain of garbage at the dump on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2018.

FILE - Discarded television sets are stacked up in an alleyway in an area known for storing electronic waste in New Delhi, India, Dec. 8, 2018.