“The gridlock in Durban climate talks appeared to give way late Saturday into a compromise declared by South Africa Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, after a 24-hour overtime marathon session.”
The Miami Herald reports,
Although details were not clear, the European Union indicated in the first plenary session that it supported a draft version for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol until 2020 – three years beyond the five-year period originally under consideration.
“This is a strong outcome in Durban,” Mashabane said in public remarks, as she appealed for approval of the agreements.