Envoys finish talks on climate change

"It's all done," said Peter Lukey, a member of the South Africa delegation.

"Everything we wanted to see was there and more," he said. "The message is: We have to do something now."

China, the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter after the United States, took a strong stance during the four-day meeting in Thailand.

Along with India and other developing countries, it had pushed to raise the lowest target for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, delegates said.

A draft of the report proposed the world limit concentrations of greenhouse gases to 445 parts per million to 650 parts per million, but China sought to strike the lower range over fears it would hinder its booming economy, Michael Muller, Germany's vice minister for the environment, told reporters before the agreement was reached.

According to a partial version of the finalized document obtained by the Associated Press, China's efforts failed to remove the lower emission target from the report.

"This is still an excellent report," French delegate Michel Petit said, adding that China and the other developing countries ended up compromising on all major issues.