Climate negotiations down to the wire

DURBAN, South Africa - With time winding down at the Durban climate change talks, countries are narrowing their options for a balanced solution.

"An outcome is still within reach as long as all the countries can take on more flexibility at this final stage of negotiation," Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate negotiator, said on Friday.

Issues in question are a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol, creating a Green Climate Fund and starting a process to negotiate a climate regime after 2020, Xie said.