Negotiators made their final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Saturday, trying to bridge divisions over funding relief for climate change disasters and commitments for long-term action.
People relax in Sharm el-Sheikh during the COP27 climate summit, Egypt, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Emilie Madiin Egypt on Saturday, trying to bridge divisions over funding relief for climate change disasters and commitments for long-term action."The issue now rests with the will of the parties. It is the parties who must rise to the occasion and take upon themselves the responsibility of finding the areas of convergence.
"The text does keep the 1.5 alive," he said referring to an aim, enshrined by previous climate summits, to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels."All ministers ... are prepared to walk away if we do not have a result that does justice to what the world is waiting for - namely that we do something about this climate crisis. We'd rather have no decision than a bad decision.
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