China, India Push Back in Tense Final Moments: COP26 Daily

Climate activists march during a protest on the "Youth Day" at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the worlds most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow the rise in global temperatures.Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg

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By Emma Ross-Thomas

November 13, 2021 at 5:45 PM UTC

By Emma Ross-Thomas

For just a moment, it looked like a deal might be in reach. There were intense huddles, some backslapping, some hugs between the Brits and Americans. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, reading glasses perched above his mask, pored over texts with his counterpart Xie Zhenhua; and China said it didn’t want to reopen the text.