Climate change: Call for 'flexibility' to reach consensus at talks

The Chilean official leading UN climate negotiations has appealed to delegates to show flexibility, as they struggle to reach agreement on crucial measures needed to tackle climate change.

As talks continue in Madrid, Carolina บาคาร่า Schmidt said a deal was almost there but the outcome needed to be ambitious.

The situation was unprecedented since talks began in 1991, said Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The goal is a commitment to new carbon emissions cuts by the end of 2020.

The European Union and small island states vulnerable to คาสิโน climate change are pushing for stronger commitments to cut those emissions. Some of the biggest polluters, including the United States, Brazil and India, say they see no need to change their current plans.

Ms Schmidt, Chile's environment minister who is the conference's president, said early on Sunday: "I request all the flexibility, all your strength to find this agreement to have an ambitious result."

She added: "It's hard, it's difficult but it's worth it. I specially need you. But people in our countries need us