UN dialogues approve climate pact principles

Poland’s former Environment Minister and COP President Marcin Korolec (right) and Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, attend the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP19 in Warsaw on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). AFP PHOTO

WARSAW: United Nations (UN) negotiators agreed in fraught overtime talks on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) on cornerstone issues of an ambitious, global climate pact to stave off dangerous Earth warming.