COP27 negotiators push for deal in overtime climate talks

FILE PHOTO: Nakeeyat Dramani Sam holds up a placard at an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Negotiators made their final push for a deal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Saturday, trying to bridge divisions over funding relief for climate change disasters and commitments for long-term climate action.

With the talks already in overtime, officials from both the European Union and the Netherlands said they were worried about a lack of progress overnight, and said they feared the summit may backtrack from parts of a climate deal agreed in Glasgow, Scotland, last year.