AFP, Bali
US., European and other envoys talked far into the night Friday as they forged a compromise at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global-warming gases.
“On the brink of agreement, I think,” U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer replied to a question. “Absolutely not deadlocked. People are working very hard to resolve outstanding issues.”
Said Germany’s environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, “The climate in the climate conference is good. [Read more]