Host struggling to save U.N. climate talks

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/10/uk-climate-idUKTRE7B909W20111210

(Reuters) - South Africa struggled on Saturday to find a compromise deal that could save U.N. climate talks from collapse.

Ministerial negotiations in the South African port city of Durban were put off until Saturday afternoon but with many delegates due to head home there was a strong chance real decisions would be put off until next year.

That would be a major setback for host South Africa and raise the prospect that the Kyoto Protocol, the only global pact that enforces carbon cuts, could expire at the end of next year with no successor treaty in place.

"They're working. They're working hard. You have to give them time to work," U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres.

[guardian]

1. Quelle surprise! n/t