Actually, the world climate conference in the Polish city of Katowice was supposed to yesterday. But the negotiations to drag on once again, in the length. Central points of dispute continue to be unresolved.

The completion of the UN climate change conference in Katowice has been delayed. As the Polish conference chair announced early in the Morning, was moved to the plenary session to the new draft of a final text at 10 o’clock. Due to continuing conflicts, the meeting had gone into overtime, originally it was supposed to go on Friday.

among the sticking points in Katowice, the transparency rules in the so-called rule book. It’s about how the national climate of the individual country targets submitted in the future and checked.

environment Minister Svenja Schulze: “The world should know that we are not going to stop us for the more ambitions.”

For more ambitious

Also dealing with the damage and losses caused by climate change, in particular in the poorest countries is still controversial.

What is spent so far on the table, not, was a “good basis”, but said the Federal environment Minister, Svenja Schulze yesterday. It was assumed that it would be a long night. Schulze requested that the climate summit is expected to adopt a “strong rule”. “The world should know that we are not going to stop us for the more ambitions.”