French foreign minister says Paris talks are ‘extremely close’ to the finish line and main nongovernment observers agree headway is finally being madeNegotiators in Paris are within reach of a modern global agreement to curb greenhouse emissions to 2030 and beyond,with the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, or saying the meeting was “extremely close to the finishing line” as he presented a draft text that crop through many sticking points.
After reading the modern draft and chairing a meeting of the so-called “umbrella group” of developed nations,Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said she thought the text was “about 80% there”.
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Source: theguardian.com