The representatives of almost 200 States must remain until Sunday, The UN climate summit in Poland will be extended by two days to Sunday. The States haggling is still a common final Declaration.
summit, President Kurtyka appealed to the participants to> be some
<p class="text small" The UN climate change conference in the Polish city of Katowice will be extended by two days. In view of the negotiation requirements of the draft final Declaration of the Meeting to Sunday, to take, to be decided by the organizers. Actually, the conference was supposed to end today. According to diplomats, the Polish draft for the common Declaration, however, is controversial. A number of questions were not yet clarified.
in The morning, the Polish summit, President Michal Kurtyka first bilateral talks on the 144-page draft final Declaration, in the afternoon there are further discussions in a big group. Diplomats said they would be on another night session.
“It looks good”
environment Minister Schulze still hoping for a summit success
the Federal environment Minister, Svenja Schulze expressed optimism that the UN climate summit in Poland can be successfully completed. “It looks good”, said the SPD politician. You think that you could get at the end. “We are moving now on the home straight.” However, dissatisfaction is still, therefore, had to be negotiated further. Of merchants, it was said, a Failure of the conference was not to be expected.
among the contentious issues in Katowice, the transparency rules, which are set according to information from the negotiating circles, such as the national climate goals in the future and checks submitted. Also dealing with the damage and losses caused by climate change, especially in the poorest countries is still controversial. It is also about what message is sent about the future commitment in the fight against climate change.
