Representatives at COP27 in Egypt have been locked in negotiations for far longer than expected.
The key disagreement is over a dedicated "loss and damage" fund to pay for the effects of climate change, which developing countries have been calling for for decades.
In a dramatic move, late on Thursday night the EU said it could agree to this on some conditions - which proved to be controversial.
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