Organisers of the climate talks in Paris have reportedly agreed a final draft text has been agreed after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations.
An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told a news agency the draft would be presented to ministers at 10:30 GM. No details of the proposed agreement have been released so far. The tentative deal was reached nearly 16 hours after the talks had been scheduled to close.
The official said they have a text to present adding that the draft would be now translated into the UN’s six official languages.
Analysts say that this is not a done deal – ratification will only take place if there are no objections raised at Saturday morning’s ministerial meeting, and even is unlikely to come before afternoon in the French capital. Mr Fabius, who has presided over the talks, had said earlier that the conditions were never better for a strong and ambitious agreement.