Hello and welcome to bbc news. As negotiations continue through the night at the un climate talks in madrid, the minister leading them has appealed for flexibility as delegates struggle to Reach Agreement on crucial measures to tackle global warming. The European Union and many small island states, vulnerable to Climate Change, are pushing for more ambitious action from all countries but some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. Carolina schmidt said a deal was almost there but the outcome needed to be ambitious. This is the call for action and no action if it is not ambitious so we need to get a concession on that. Ambition is a central driving force but i am sure that all of you, based on the feedback, i received this morning, in the meeting at 9am, we have been consulting with parties non stop in this issue to resolve theissues non stop in this issue to resolve the issues of the wind, the article six. If we cannot agree on a mission decision,
Island states vulnerable to Climate Change are pushing for more ambitious action. But some of the biggest polluters, including the us, brazil and india, have objected. Carolina schmidt pleaded with the delegates to Work Together to get an agreement. I request all the flexibility, all your strength, and all your volunteer to find, you know, this agreement and this consensus that we need to have an ambitious result. We are almost there. Its hard, its difficult, but its worth it. I especially need you. The people in our countries need us. I hope that all the hard work that we have been doing during these two whole weeks is worth it, only if we have an ambition result. Ambitious result. I count on you to get a consensus. This is the only way we can have this result. The Climate Summit also saw arguments over Carbon Markets and compensation for poorer countries. Our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is at the summit in madrid. He gave us this analysis of the sticking points. Almost eve
I especially need you. The people in our countries need us. I hope that all the hard work that we have been doing during these two whole weeks is worth it, only if we have an ambitious result. The Climate Summit also saw arguments over Carbon Markets and compensation for poorer countries. Our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is there. Almost every country in the world signed the paris climate agreement in the french capital about four years ago. One of the terms of that particular pact was that every country should update their National Plans on cutting carbon by the end of 2020, the end of next year. All those countries have come to this particular cop, a conference of the parties, here in madrid to actually work out the wrinkles in that plan, to work out the timetable, when theyre going to submit their plans, and to whom. But theyve run into major difficulties here, because a lot of the countries, the European Union and small island states and many others, feel that whats on th
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