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Clock is ticking on historic global climate pact
Ministers are racing to resolve a handful of stubborn disputes to seal a deal by Friday's deadline
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Dec 9, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Le Bourget
FRANCE is to deliver on Wednesday a streamlined draft of a historic global pact to fight climate change, as world leaders scrambling to overcome dealbreakers showed optimism ahead of a weekend deadline.
The 195-nation United Nations talks have been billed as the last chance to avert the worst consequences of global warming: deadly drought, floods and storms, and rising seas that will engulf islands and densely populated coastlines.
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