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| Climate deal 'to keep rises well below 2C' | Climate deal 'to keep rises well below 2C' |
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| Organisers of climate talks in Paris have released details of a proposed landmark deal to curb climate change. | |
| France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the final draft of the deal was fair, legally binding and would limit warming to "well below 2C". | France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the final draft of the deal was fair, legally binding and would limit warming to "well below 2C". |
| The final draft agreement is being presented to international delegates in Paris after two weeks of talks. | The final draft agreement is being presented to international delegates in Paris after two weeks of talks. |
| If endorsed, the global climate pact would represent "a historic turning point", said Mr Fabius. | |
| "It confirms our key objective, the objective which is vital, that of continuing to have a mean temperature well below two degrees and to endeavour to limit that increase to one point five degrees," he told countries. | |
| The agreement would be reviewed every five years, he added. | |
| Positions 'narrowed' | Positions 'narrowed' |
| Nearly 200 countries are attempting to strike the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions, which would come into being in 2020. | Nearly 200 countries are attempting to strike the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions, which would come into being in 2020. |
| Ministers will now decide whether or not to approve the proposed agreement. | Ministers will now decide whether or not to approve the proposed agreement. |
| Hopes are high for the historic deal but countries could still raise objections. | Hopes are high for the historic deal but countries could still raise objections. |
| The UN summit has run over time as countries try to overcome divisions over ambition, money and trust. | The UN summit has run over time as countries try to overcome divisions over ambition, money and trust. |
| The spokesman of the UN climate body behind the meeting said positions had "narrowed enormously" ahead of presentation of the final climate deal draft. | The spokesman of the UN climate body behind the meeting said positions had "narrowed enormously" ahead of presentation of the final climate deal draft. |
| Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace, speaking before the text was released, said there had been disagreements over how and when to phase out fossil fuels and issues such as financing. | Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace, speaking before the text was released, said there had been disagreements over how and when to phase out fossil fuels and issues such as financing. |
| "There's been a lot of discussion whether the long-term goal will give a clear signal to phase out fossil by mid-century or is there a risk that it will be much later?" he said. | |
| "There have been also a lot of arguments about the financing package because it was quite clear that for the US and for Europe it's such a big step forward which is hardly to believe they will do it. | "There have been also a lot of arguments about the financing package because it was quite clear that for the US and for Europe it's such a big step forward which is hardly to believe they will do it. |
| "So everything seems to be sorted but we don`t know yet whether it`s a good one or a bad one." | "So everything seems to be sorted but we don`t know yet whether it`s a good one or a bad one." |
| Slimmer draft | Slimmer draft |
| An anonymous French official quoted by the news agency AP before the release of the draft said it ran to about "20 pages" - about seven pages shorter than a previous draft. | An anonymous French official quoted by the news agency AP before the release of the draft said it ran to about "20 pages" - about seven pages shorter than a previous draft. |
| The last hours of the talks culminate a four-year effort to produce the first international pact asking all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. | The last hours of the talks culminate a four-year effort to produce the first international pact asking all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Countries will meet later on Saturday to decide whether or not to adopt the agreement. | |