'Time is not on our side': Cop27 talks in disarray with 1.5C goal at risk, campaigners warn

Members of the media listen as Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the European Commission, left, speaks at the COP27 Climate Summit. Picture: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

Crucial climate talks are in disarray after a feverish night of “chaos”, hurried meetings and disinformation, with a stark warning that the vital goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C was in danger of being lost.

Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian foreign minister who is president of the Cop27 UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, called on countries to make progress as the talks ran on well into Saturday afternoon, nearly a day after their scheduled close on Friday evening, with no end in sight.