UN Chief Ban Ki-moon applauds Lima climate deal

Following marathon talks in Lima, UN members signed a pact to defeat climate change by adopting a format for national pledges to cut Earth-warming greenhouse gases.
  
They also approved a blueprint to guide negotiations for a climate deal due to be sealed in Paris in December 2015.
  
"The Secretary General welcomes the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference," a UN statement said.   

Ban said “the conclusions of today's agreement, dubbed the Lima Call for Climate Action, pave the way for the adoption of a universal and meaningful agreement in 2015."

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In overtime, UN climate talks remain deadlocked

Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal, who is presiding over the talks, is currently meeting with the negotiators separately to discuss in detail their "red lines" and points of possible compromise on the draft text.

The negotiators from more than 190 countries, who have been in the Peruvian capital for about two weeks, have so far failed to reach a consensus on the formula of sharing the burden for cutting emissions, and who should pay.

Earlier, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar delivered India's statement, saying a "balanced approach" in the draft text was required to make sure polluting countries pay and not the poorest countries.

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