Climate talks extended as island nations demand action

KATOWICE, Poland — Weary officials from almost 200 countries faced another day of negotiations at the U.N. climate talks to bridge their last remaining differences as small island nations on Friday demanded an ambitious stance against global warming.

The talks in Poland were supposed to end Friday, but Michal Kurtyka, a senior Polish official chairing the negotiations, told delegates to resume talks on a revised draft text at 4 a.m. Saturday.

After two weeks of talks in the southern Polish city, diplomats were coming closer to agreeing on the rules that govern the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Scientists say global emissions need to drop dramatically by 2030 and reach near-zero by 2050 in order to prevent potentially catastrophic consequences for life on Earth.