Weak Paris agreement is 'greatest danger'

A weak agreement remains the greatest danger for the Paris climate talks, with negotiators confident some kind of deal will be reached before next weekend despite little concrete progress and continued trenchant disagreements on most issues.

The Paris summit is now entering its final week – when ministers and high level officials take over the negotiating lead under the French presidency.

The final agreement will be a political trade-off over the issues that have been dividing negotiators – so the document that will be handed to the French on Saturday remains to the lay-observer a hopeless scramble of options in brackets, indicating disagreement.

Read The Guardian story on the Paris negotiations - “Paris talks creep towards agreement in final week, but deal could be 'watered down'.”