With deadline looming, UN climate talks fall short

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Last Updated : May 10 2018 | 8:40 PM IST

UN talks ending today failed to hammer out a draft of the "operating manual" that would bring the landmark Paris climate treaty to life, forcing governments to add an emergency negotiating session ahead of a December climate summit.

"We have been here for two weeks and fell short of what was foreseen," Elina Bardram, the European Union's top climate negotiator, told AFP. "We were not even close."

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First Published: May 10 2018 | 8:40 PM IST

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