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Climate deal reached in Lima talks UN members agree climate deal at Lima talks
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United Nations members have adopted a format for national pledges to tackle climate change after negotiations ran into the weekend in Lima, Peru. United Nations members have reached an agreement to tackle climate change after negotiations ran into the weekend in the Peruvian capital Lima.
The president of the meeting, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, said delegates had approved a broad blueprint for negotiations leading up to a deal in 2015. The president of the meeting said delegates had approved a framework for setting national pledges.
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The talks proved tough because of divisions between rich and poor countries over the scale and scope of plans to tackle global warming.