Negotiators have reached a watered-down deal at UN talks in Peru that sets the stage for a global climate pact in Paris next year.

Negotiators have reached a watered-down deal at UN talks in Peru that sets the stage for a global climate pact in Paris next year.

POLICE fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the UN climate conference yesterday, as disputes inside left major issues unresolved just a day before world leaders hope to sign a historic agreement to fight global warming.

Baton-wielding riot police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators who tried to storm the Copenhagen climate conference today.