UN climate talks open with hopes for deal, warning time short

(Reuters) - About 190 governments met in Lima on Monday amid hopes that a U.N. deal to slow climate change is within reach for 2015 despite warnings that time is fast running out to keep global warming within safe limits.

Cooperation between China and the United States, the top two greenhouse gas emitters, and a decision by the European Union to cut its emissions have given a new sense of momentum toUnited Nations talks that have failed produce agreement on a global deal in two decades.

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Source: Thomas Reuters Foundation