EU 'ready to work day and night for right climate deal in Paris'


European Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete gestures as he addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, August 20, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Files

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will negotiate day and night at U.N. talks on global warming in Paris to ensure a robust deal, followed up with regular reviews to cap temperature rises at 2 degrees Celsius, the bloc's climate boss said on Wednesday.

Ahead of the Paris conference, which begins on Nov. 30, European Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said there was much work to be done and the negotiating text was too long and complex. But he said he was positive there would be an accord.

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