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Language on phasing out fossil fuels is key to any agreement and must remain in the final text, Green MP Caroline Lucas says.

The former Green Party leader tells the BBC: “That language on fossil fuels absolutely has to be in there and it has to be absolutely clear that it refers to all fossil fuels and we’re getting rid of all fossil fuel subsidies.

"There will be a big fight over that. And if that language on fossil fuels isn’t in the text it will be a serious blow.”

While negotiatiors "are arguing about whether or not the word 'urge' or 'requests' is a stronger verb", people are dying because of the effects of climate change, Lucas says.

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While we look over the detail here are the main points from the new draft texts so far:

• Calls to phase out "unabated coal power and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" remain
• But it recognises "the need for support towards a just transition"
• Parties should "revisit and strengthen" their 2030 emissions-cutting targets by the end of 2022, "taking into account different national circumstances"
• Developed countries are urged to at least double their collective provision of climate finance - to help developing nations adapt to climate change - from 2019 levels by 2025

Later today there will be a plenary session, where there could be further changes or objections, before the final "gavel" moment is expected, when the text is passed.

Everyone will then leave the conference venue in a matter of hours.

Row brewing over climate financepublished at 10:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2021

10:18 GMT 13 November 2021

Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent

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The major takeaways from this latest draft are that, barring a few tweaks, the key passages about ambition and fossil fuels remain intact.

However, what may turn out to be an important issue is the lack of a funding facility for what's known as "loss and damage".

This issue is about the impacts of climate change that developing countries can’t adapt to, like long term sea level rises or a sudden storm.

The nub of the concept is the link to the centuries of carbon dioxide emissions from richer countries that have contributed to the problem.

Developing countries say this means the developed world should pay compensation for these impacts.

That idea is anathema to the rich, who fear being on the financial hook forever.

The new draft says that instead of establishing a fund there should be a dialogue next year between parties to establish the arrangements for the money.

Many campaigners will not be happy with that, and there’s a feeling there could be a row.

Prof Saleemul Huq, director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development, was not happy.

“The language on loss and damage has gone backwards from yesterday’s text. It seems the COP26 presidency has been nobbled behind closed doors by the US,” he tweeted.

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The chief executive of the UK's Climate Change Committee has cautiously welcomed the latest draft agreement.

Chris Stark told the BBC that he felt the conference was now "motoring towards a positive outcome".

"I have to say I'm feeling quite good about the way its been brought together," he said.

"Language about fossil fuel financing, language about phasing out coal is still in there. The language on returning to the table to make those 2030 targets stronger next year is still in there.

"Over the course of the next 12 months we will need to see those stronger commitments for 2030. If we do that, there is a path in play to something below 2C, and possibly just hanging on by a thread that 1.5C outcome."

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As everyone starts to digest the newly-published draft documents, the next round of informal talks has been delayed.

The stocktaking plenary - which will come ahead of more formal negotiations later this afternoon - will now kick off at 12:00 GMT.

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What are we looking for in these new documents?

Big new commitments are key - but experts are also checking for backsliding. Has something very ambitious been taken out after the long night of negotiations between countries with very different priorities?

Many observers will be happy to see that this bit remains:

This is asking governments to update their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 in order to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C - which is necessary to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change.

The Paris Agreement asked countries to update every five years - now COP26 wants an update by the end of 2022.

That's a much quicker timetable and increases the pressure on countries to cut emissions sooner.

Draft agreement not a big bang momentpublished at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2021

09:35 GMT 13 November 2021

Adam Fleming
Chief political correspondent

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I'm quite surprised that this morning's new draft has remained relatively unchanged from yesterday's proposals.

Overnight, the mood music from negotiators had been quite gloomy and it sounded like lots of objections were being raised behind closed doors.

But actually, the most contentious issues have broadly remained in place. The line about phasing out unabated coal is still there with another small tweak, which the drafters of this document say is unprecedented.

Also still in the agreement is the line about countries coming to next year's COP in Egypt with enhanced pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

But what has probably really unlocked this negotiations is an agreement to start a new process talking about finance and the transfer of money from richer countries to poorer countries, which could be seen as a way to compensate for losses caused by climate change.

How host UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will sell this agreement is another question.

He had set high expectations for this conference, and while the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is still in sight, the proposals set out today are far from a big bang moment.

We're getting reaction to the newly published draft documents.

Tracy Carty, head of Oxfam’s COP26 delegation, said: “Here in Glasgow, the world’s poorest countries are in danger of being lost from view, but the next few hours can and must change the course we are on. What’s on the table is still not good enough.

“We need the strongest possible outcome to ensure governments come back next year with strengthened emission reduction targets that will keep 1.5C alive. And decisive progress on finance to help countries adapt and for the loss and damage endured."

She spoke as parties prepared to discuss the latest documents with the aim of reaching a final decision.

We're looking at the new draft texts - which can be found here, external and here, external.

Here's what we've seen so far:

• Not a huge amount has changed from Friday's draft - meaning the parts welcomed as progress on tackling climate change are still there, but there is no significant updates to what governments agree to do
• Crucially, the agreement about fossil fuels is still there - asking countries to stop using "unabated coal and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies"
• Countries are being asked to reveal their plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2022 - much earlier than previously committed to

We'll keep bringing you updates and analysis as negotiators race to find an agreement.

Concessions to developing nations on climate financepublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2021

09:11 GMT 13 November 2021

Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst

This isn’t a decision on what’s going to happen, this is the final proposed text to go towards negotiations later on today.

What we know from what's been published is the finance issue, which has been massively divisive here, is now going to be revisited every two years, starting next year.

So that is something of a concession to the developing nations who have obviously been pushing very hard on that overnight, making some really strong demands.

Another thing that’s also been published is that the text calls for significantly increased adaptation finance, with the phrase “considering doubling”.

Negotiators have just published the latest draft of the COP26 agreement after a night of hammering out some of the final details.

Our experts are currently examining the new text and we will bring you the main lines from it as soon as we can.

We will also be bringing you updates throughout the day as delegates debate the latest proposals and move towards adopting the draft.

We've just seen several drafts deals on climate finance.

That's the money from developed countries to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change - a huge sticking points in these negotiations.

It includes the following points:

• It promises high-level meetings about climate finance next year, as well as in 2024 and 2026

• It mentions the recent pledges to increase climate finance - to reach the promised goal of $100bn annually - another sticking point as richer countries have so far failed to deliver the money on time
• It asks developed countries to double the money for poorer countries to adapt to climate change - "with the aim of achieving a balance between mitigation and adaptation"

Climate finance goes towards a huge range of things from weather warning systems to huge renewable energy projects. It's usually in the form of loans, not grants - another controversial point as poor countries don't want to increase their debt.

Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin will be bringing us his analysis next.

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One of the sticking points at COP26 is the issue of financial help for poorer nations to help cope with climate change.

Sir Molwyn Joseph, Minister of the Environment for Antigua and Barbuda, says it is "extremely disappointing" the summit has not yet reached a settlement on this issue.

“Small island developing states for centuries and for decades have suffered the effects of global warming and climate change," he tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"This is a matter of climate justice. It’s a fundamental principle that if you do harm to someone or you destroy someone's assets you pay compensation and I do not understand why that fundamental principle, that has been observed in all civilisations, is escaping the responsible individuals this time."

He gives the example of the entire population of Barbuda evacuating the island because of Hurricane Irma in 2017 - costing the government and citizens a lot of money.

“The countries responsible are not stepping up," he adds.

As we wait for the new draft agreement, here's a summary of the agreements there have been so far during the summit:

• In a surprise announcement, the US and China agreed to work together this decade to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C
• More than 100 world leaders promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, including Brazil, home to the Amazon rainforest
• The US and the EU announced a global partnership to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030 - reducing methane in the atmosphere is seen as one of the best ways to quickly reduce global warming
• More than 40 countries committed to move away from coal - but the world's biggest users like China and the US did not sign up
• A new alliance that commits countries to setting a date to ending oil and gas use - and halting granting new licences for exploration - was launched

Read more here.

A new draft of the COP26 agreement is expected to be released shortly.

According to a rough schedule released by COP President Alok Sharma, a short informal feedback session will follow publication - this will take place at some time after 10.00 GMT.

Sharma is expected to inform delegates about his assessment of the state of negotiations and set out the next steps towards all 197 parties reaching an agreement.

He has said that he hopes the final version of the document will be adopted by delegates on Saturday afternoon.

The former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the BBC that reaching a final agreement in Glasgow will require a personal intervention from the incumbent Boris Johnson.

Speaking to BBC Newscast presenter Adam Fleming, Blair said he believed Mr Johnson would have to use his role as a political leader and conference host to help some countries reach a final consensus.

"I think probably, it will require the prime minister himself to get the thing over the line at the end. And that will be tough to do by the way when most of the political leaders have gone," Blair said.

"It was always a difficult tactical question, do you have the leaders at the beginning to give the thing momentum, or do you have them at the end to crunch down the deal."

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that negotiators "risk blowing it" if countries cannot find consensus around a deal soon.

“What I’m saying to world leaders in all my conversations is: 'this is the moment - tell your negotiating teams how important this is'.

“Tell them to have the conviction and the courage to come together and agree that cover decision because people are watching this around the world. It’s a moment of massive choice for the world,” Johnson said.

COP26 President Alok Sharma said on Friday night: “We have come a long way over the past two weeks and now we need that final injection of that can-do spirit which is present at this COP so that we get this shared endeavour over the line."

John Kerry, the US climate envoy, told delegates: “We believe this is existential and, for many of you, existential today. People are dying today.”

And the EU Commission's vice-president Frans Timmermans said earlier this week: “If we fail [my one-year-old grandson] will fight with other human beings for water and food. That’s the stark reality we face. So 1.5C is about avoiding a future for our children and grandchildren that is unliveable.”

Why do negotiators debate so much over the language?published at 07:07 Greenwich Mean Time 13 November 2021

07:07 GMT 13 November 2021

Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News

The negotiators at COP26 spend hours - sometimes days - going over what most of us might consider minor details. But the precise words that are used can, for example, make parts of the agreement open to interpretation.

One paragraph of Friday's draft agreement, external released this morning - in Section IV on Mitigation - was the cause of much debate.

20. Calls upon Parties to accelerate the development, deployment and dissemination of technologies, and the adoption of policies, to transition towards low-emission energy systems, including by rapidly scaling up clean power generation and accelerating the phase out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.

This is the first time "fossil fuels" and "coal" have been included in even a draft agreement – they weren’t mentioned in the Paris climate accord in 2015.

If they can actually name the stuff of greenhouse gas emissions, the stuff of global warming, that is a massive step forward - but the language is critical.

One energy policy expert I spoke to picked out that word "inefficient" and said that gives countries a "get out of jail free" card.

You can say your subsidies are efficient and therefore mitigate that. That language is really critical and dials down the urgency somewhat.

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Hello and welcome to our coverage of what ought to be the final day of the COP26 climate summit.

Yesterday, the scheduled 18.00 GMT deadline to reach a final agreement was missed and negotiators have been working overnight to find consensus on the last few intricate details.

Sticking points have included subsidies for coal and other fossil fuels, and financial help to poorer nations.

The conference president, Alok Sharma, urged an injection of "can-do spirit" and negotiators hope that the latest draft should be published this morning at around 08.00.

A draft agreement released early on Friday included watered down commitments to end the use of coal and other fossil fuels. While that was criticised by campaigners, some observers highlighted that this would be the first time coal was explicitly mentioned in UN documents of this type.

Meanwhile, China and Saudi Arabia are said to be among a group of countries seeking to remove references from the agreement opposing fossil fuel subsidies.

We are ending our live coverage of COP26 for the day - but will be back again on Saturday morning.

Friday’s live page was edited by James Clarke, Tiffany Wertheimer and Kevin Ponniah.

Our writers were Adam Durbin, Emma Harrison, Ashitha Nagesh, Doug Faulkner, Bryn Palmer, Bernd Debusmann and Max Matza.