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Negotiators agree on early draft of UN climate deal

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, file photo a plume of smoke billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. After failing six years ago to craft a global agreement to fight climate change, world governments are hoping that this year will mark a breakthrough in the slow-paced U.N. climate talks. In Geneva this week, negotiators from more than 190 countries are working on an early draft of a deal that’s supposed to be adopted in Paris in December.(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, file photo a plume of smoke billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. After failing six years ago to craft a global agreement to fight climate change, world governments are hoping that this year will mark a breakthrough in the slow-paced U.N. climate talks. In Geneva this week, negotiators from more than 190 countries are working on an early draft of a deal that’s supposed to be adopted in Paris in December.(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

By Associated Press February 13, 2015 1 min read

GENEVA (AP) – U.N. negotiators have produced an early draft of what eventually should become a landmark climate deal in Paris next December, piling on pages to make sure it reflected every country’s wishes.

So instead of shrinking to a more manageable size, the 38-page document from previous climate change meeting has swelled to 86 pages during a weeklong negotiating session in Geneva.

EU delegates are disappointed that the text has grown so long. Others, however, said the key thing was to ensure that all countries felt their views were reflected.

The Paris agreement isn’t expected to stop climate change but it would be the first time that all countries have agreed to do something about it. Previously only rich countries have committed to limit their emissions of global warming gases.