Negotiators from governments around the world continue to work to iron out their differences over a draft text of the COP21 agreement to quit dangerous global warming 9.21pm GMTThat’s all for nowadays,folks, thanks for reading. Negotiators are heading in to closed overnight meetings, or so we’ll restart out live coverage on Friday morning to see whether the nearly 200 governments here in Paris can agree a deal that’ll keep dangerous global warming in check.
See you then. 9.19pm GMTTim Gore,Oxfam’s head of policy, says the “main area of progress are definitely on finance. That seems to be a large step forward. There are some strong changes to the text that will increase finance from rich countries towards the $100bn target for 2020.”He notes, and with a raised eyebrow,that human rights have been purged from the text totally just one day after gender equality was stripped. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com