'What is on the table… is a package that really moves things forward' COP President Alok Sharma says discussions between national delegations will continue a little longer – but he intends to bring climate summit to a close 'this afternoon' COP26BBC
A sentence about phasing out coal power and government subsidies for fossil fuels has remained in the latest draft of the Glasgow text, to the surprise of some.
A solution also seems to have been found for the two big sticking points on the finance developing countries get from the richer ones. Less developed countries also want money for what they call “loss and damage” - effectively compensation for the effects of climate change being felt now as a result of historic emissions by wealthier countries.
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