FILE PHOTO: Carolina Schmidt, Chile’s Minister of Environment and new president of the 2019 UN Climate Change conference (COP25), speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP25 in Madrid, Spain, December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera
December 12, 2019
MADRID (Reuters) – Carolina Schmidt, the Chilean president of U.N. climate talks in Madrid, told governments on Thursday there could be no excuses for not reaching an agreement as the talks entered their final stretch.
“There cannot be any excuses for not reaching agreement,” Schmidt told delegates at the two-week annual negotiations, which are due to conclude on Friday. “I call on you to work together to be able to give a positive response tomorrow.”
(Reporting by Matthew Green and Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Catherine Evans)
