India, Nov. 13 -- Parties have extremely disparate views on the four agenda items and issues that are not part of the official COP30 agenda but are now part of Presidency consultations. But, these are not North-South divisions, Jacob Werksman, EU's lead climate negotiator said on Wednesday.

These include the status of the Paris Agreement's lower limit - the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal, Article 9.1 - which mandates that developed countries provide financial resources to assist developing countries, biannual transparency reports on what climate action has been taken and the contentious issue of unilateral trade measures.

He was referring to four matters that island nations, developed and developing countries pushed to be adopted in the forma...