Glasgow, Nov 13 : Alok Sharma, President of the ongoing UN climate change conference in Glasgow, announced that he expected the negotiations for a deal will continue into Saturday afternoon.Glasgow, November 13, 2013 : .Alok Sharma, President at the UN climate change conference held in Glasgow, stated that negotiations for a deal would continue through Saturday afternoon. “I envisage formal plenary meetings in the afternoon to adopt decisions and close the session on Saturday,” Xinhua news agency quoted Sharma, president of the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, as saying in a statement.
Sharma, the president of the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), stated in a statement.
“There will be no additional plenary meeting this evening so as not to delay current ongoing consultations,” he said.
He stated that there would be no further plenary meeting tonight to avoid delaying ongoing consultations.
The COP26 Ppresident said that he will convene “a short informal plenary meeting in the morning” of Saturday.
According to the COP26 President, he will hold “a brief informal plenary meeting” on Saturday morning.
Talks are going into overtime as negotiators from nearly 200 countries and territories try to strike a deal on tackling climate change.
As negotiators representing nearly 200 countries and territories attempt to reach a climate change deal, talks are in overdrive.
Earlier Friday afternoon, Sharma cancelled a press conference as the talks went to the wire.
Sharma called off a press conference earlier Friday afternoon as talks were still on the wire.
The two-week COP26 was originally scheduled to end on Friday.
The original plan was for COP26 to conclude on Friday.
Developed countries are urged not to pay lip service in tackling climate change.
It is urged that developed countries not only pay lip service to climate change mitigation but also take action.
Developing countries called upon developed nations to honour their pledge of financial assistance to the developing world in their efforts to fight climate change.
Developed countries urged developed nations to honor their commitment to financial aid to the developing world to combat climate change #conference #Saturday
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