Roughly 200 countries agreed to draft language for an agreement to tackle climate change on Friday.
Reuters reports government delegates adopted an 86-page draft as the foundation for negotiations on the pact, which is expected to be finished later this year.
{mosads}”Although it has become longer, countries are now fully aware of each other’s positions,” said Christiana Figueres, the head of the U.N. climate change secretariat, referring to an earlier 38-page document which formed the basis of discussions.
The document includes a number of varying pitches, however, for what each nation thinks is the best path toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The U.S. is attempting to take a lead role in negotiations leading to the Paris talks later this year, but officials want the agreement to be flexible and not legally binding.