Sweet end may still be in store in Morocco

The global epicenter of climate change talks moved this year from Paris, the city of sweet macarons, to Marrakech, a place scented with the mild aroma of mint tea.

Leaving French patisseries may seem a hardship, especially for those feeling pessimistic about the Marrakech Climate Change Conference, in which nations are working out the details of how they would keep their Parisian promises.

But a landmark event just a day after the conference opened, the election of Donald Trump on Tuesday as the next US president, changed things. A sense of urgency picked up, given Trump's vow to unravel the Paris accords.