UN climate talks begin in Peru
UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement.
One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015's end.
The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China.
The two weeks of discussions start amid record-breaking global temperatures for the year to date.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the global average temperature over land and ocean from January to October was the hottest since records began in 1880.
There is likely to be plenty of heat at the UN meeting as well, as long standing divisions between rich and poor could, once again, hinder progress.
Delegates will try to finalise the key negotiating texts that will form the basis of the Paris deal.
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