Article X7ZH Paris talks: new draft climate deal published - as it happened

Paris talks: new draft climate deal published - as it happened

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Negotiators from governments around the world continue to work to iron out their differences over a draft text of the COP21 agreement to stop dangerous global warming

9.21pm GMT

That's all for today, folks, thanks for reading. Negotiators are heading in to closed overnight meetings, so we'll restart out live coverage on Friday morning to see if the nearly 200 governments here in Paris can agree a deal that'll keep dangerous global warming in check.

See you then.

9.19pm GMT

Tim Gore, Oxfam's head of policy, says the "main area of progress are definitely on finance. That seems to be a big step forward. There are some strong changes to the text that will increase finance from rich countries towards the $100bn target for 2020."

He notes, with a raised eyebrow, that human rights have been purged from the text completely just one day after gender equality was stripped.

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