EU Climate officials warns of 'painfully slow' Paris negotiations

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U’s top climate official warns that ‘painfully slow’ negotiations must be accelerated to seal a meaningful global emissions pact at Paris summit.

Miguel Arias Cañete - 'painfully
slow' negotiations.

With 100 days to go until the Paris climate summit, the EU’s climate chief has warned that progress in thrashing out a draft negotiating text is proceeding too slowly and urgently needs to be stepped up.

Miguel Arias Cañete, the EU’s climate commissioner, said that the 85-page draft agreement currently being poured over by diplomats still contains far too many bracketed options that need to be rapidly narrowed.

Read the Guardian story - “EU calls for urgency in ‘seriously lagging’ Paris climate talks”.