Translation and legal verification of that text it necessary before it can be approved by the 195 nations participating in the Paris talks.
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He insisted the atmosphere was positive and significant progress had been made on Friday on some key issues.
The latest draft of a proposed worldwide climate agreement lists a goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius”.
“This represents all of the countries in the world and it’s completely normal to take a bit of time, so we will shift it”, he said. It includes developing-nation giants such as China and India, oil-producing states such as Saudi Arabia and staunch critics of the West such as Iran, Venezuela and Bolivia.
This final draft was originally scheduled to be released at 2pm GMT, but was pushed back to 6pm, and then to 8pm, leading observers to speculate that negotiators had “hit a brick wall”.
India’s environment minister says wealthy nations are not showing enough flexibility as talks on a new climate accord are heading into overtime.
Experts widely agree that global warming of more than 2°C would have seriously impact the planet, increasing extreme climate events.
The Paris climate conference was extended one day to last until Saturday.
Diplomats from 196 governments are trying to forge a global pact in Paris to slow global warming by collectively slashing emissions.
“We will still seek to strengthen it, but it is within the range of acceptable language”, Mr La Vina said.
“I’d like to take this moment to highlight, commend and appreciate the strong commitment and engagement of ministers, negotiators and all the staff who are engaged in this very hard negotiation”, Mr. Ban told reporters at a press conference, alongside French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius, at the Paris-Le Bourget site.
That draft suggested compromises were emerging in some sections. The draft text also included provisions that would require countries to respect human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, causes championed by Canada. The issue, known as “differentiation”, was expected to be one of the last to be resolved. Their priority must remain fighting poverty within their own borders, they say, not cutting their greenhouse-gas emissions.
India has demanded that developed countries like the United States shoulder more of the cost that countries face in adapting to the effects of climate change.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a new draft of a global climate accord that showed headway on some key issues and stalemate on others.
Fabius said he wanted to consult with various negotiating blocs so that “this is really a text… that comes from everyone”.
“Following the consultations I will have, I will be in a position tomorrow morning at 9 am (0800 GMT) to present to all parties a text, which, I am sure, will be approved and will be a big step forward for humanity as a whole”, he said.
“All the conditions are met to reach a universal, ambitious agreement”, Fabius said.
If it remains in the agreement, it would represent “a new regime that is very significant”. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has bemoaned a “minimalist” approach by countries that could make a greater financial contribution.
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Susann Scherbarth, a climate justice and energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The deal is going in a dirty direction”.
