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UN releases a draft for potential agreement on climate

The Paris conference on climate is aiming for an ambitious deal to keep the rise in worldwide temperatures since pre-industrial times below 2 degrees Celsius.

By Sylvie Corbet for AP.

PARIS — The United Nations on Monday released a first draft of the negotiating text for the major conference on climate taking place in Paris in December.

The document is a step forward for the talks, slimming down the text from more than 90 pages earlier this year to just 20.

Negotiators from 195 countries are to gather for a new session of talks Oct. 19-23 in Bonn, Germany.

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Image: Nukunonu Atoll seaside, one of the regions of the world, vulnerable to the impact of the climate change.

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