UPDATE!!  New Dec 5 Text Sent to Ministers

This means technical negotiations officially closed.

French presidency now assumes the leadership of the 21st Conference of Parties which will get underway today.

First published on the Climate News Mosaic Paris Climate Talks Live Blog available here:

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• DeSmog Blog (Seattle)
• Philippine EnviroNews (Philippines)
• Earth Journalism (International)
• Watson (Switzerland)
• Skeptical Science (International)