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UN members agree climate deal at Lima talks UN members agree climate deal at Lima talks
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United Nations members have reached an agreement to tackle climate change after negotiations ran into the weekend in the Peruvian capital Lima. United Nations members have reached an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change.
The president of the meeting said delegates had approved a framework for setting national pledges. Delegates have approved a framework for setting national pledges to be submitted to a summit next year.
The deal puts off many critical details until a summit in Paris next year. Differences over the draft text caused the talks in Lima, Peru, to overrun by two days.
Environmental groups criticised the deal as a weak and ineffectual compromise, saying it weakened international climate rules. Environmental groups have criticised the deal as a weak and ineffectual compromise, saying it weakens international climate rules.
The talks proved tough because of divisions between rich and poor countries over the scale and scope of plans to tackle global warming. The talks proved difficult because of divisions between rich and poor countries over the scale and scope of plans to tackle global warming.
'Not perfect'
The BBC's Matt McGrath in Lima said none of the 194 countries attending the talks walked away with everything they wanted, but everybody got something.
Peru's environment minister, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, who chaired the summit, told reporters: "As a text it's not perfect, but it includes the positions of the parties."
The agreement was adopted hours after a previous draft was rejected by developing countries, who accused rich nations of shirking their responsibilities to fight global warming and pay for its impacts.
The final draft is said to have alleviated those concerns with by saying countries have "common but differentiated responsibilities".
It also restored a promise to poorer countries that a "loss and damage" scheme would be established to help them cope with the financial implications of rising temperatures.
However, it weakened language on national pledges, saying countries "may" instead of "shall" include quantifiable information showing how they intend to meet their emissions targets.