Summary
As negotiators haggle and night descends on Lima, we’re going to wind the blog down for now. Here’s a summary of the key events as talks ran into overtime.
- Talks are expected to continue long into the night, although the summit’s president says he’s “optimistic” a climate deal will be struck today. Some negotiators expect no resolution until sometime Saturday.
- Key passages, pertaining to renewable energy commitments and how developing and wealthy nations will split the cost of climate change action, exposed deep rifts among negotiators.
- An influential NGO advocating for developing countries has called the current draft text “a disaster for the planet and the poor”.
- Germany’s environment minister, Barbara Hendricks, says that bilateral meetings with countries including the US and China leave her hopeful that stumbling blocks can be overcome between now and a crunch summit in Paris next year.
- A draft text revealed what Oxfam called a “choose your own adventure” of climate change action.
- US secretary of state, John Kerry, has warned that countries must take action because climate science is “screaming” at the world.
More on:http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2014/dec/12/lima-climate-talks-final-day-live-coverage
