UN Climate Talks Fail To Break Deadlock
Political Potholes On The Road To Paris Climate Summit
Talks aimed at smoothing the way for the first new global climate change accord in 18 years were heading towards stalemate on Friday after a week of bitter squabbles over a draft of the UN agreement.
Five days of preparatory negotiations in the German city of Bonn scheduled to end on Friday were supposed to be the last chance for countries to clarify their positions before a two-week UN meeting in Paris in December that is due to finalise the deal. But the negotiations began running into overtime on Friday, in a jarring reminder of the difficulties lying ahead of the French meeting. --Pilita Clark, Financial Times, 23 October 2015
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