Poverty + Development

Beefed-up climate deal draft forms basis for UN talks

Countries submitted their "must-have" items for December's climate change deal.

By Megan Rowling for Reuters.

BONN, Germany, Oct 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – G overnments have begun negotiating on an updated draft of a global climate change deal that was released on Tuesday morning at the latest round of U.N. talks in Bonn, amid relief new additions had not seen the text balloon.

Given the drama yesterday … I am pleased to say we’re far ahead into the process in terms of actually having a solid draft text that will be the basis for negotiation.

Developing countries voiced anger at the beginning of the talks on Monday that a slimmed-down 20-page version of the text, created by the chairs of the negotiations, had not included key proposals on issues like helping people deal with the impacts of climate change and financing their protection.

In response, all countries were permitted to insert “must-have items”.

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