The UN climate chief asked countries to move faster towards a deal to combat global warming as negotiators gathered in China try to give a push to the talks ahead of the key Cancun Summit on climate change in December. The UN's chief climate change negotiator, Christiana Figueres said, a concrete outcome in Cancun is urgently needed. She asked the negotiators to accelerate the search for common ground and demonstrate flexibility and a spirit of compromise to reach a balanced outcome. About 3,000 delegates from India and host of other countries and agencies under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol are attending the meeting in China's northern Tianjin city. The talks that kicked off yesterday are part of long-running efforts through the United Nations to secure a post-2012 treaty on tackling global warming. A 15-member Indian delegation headed by Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment J M Mauskar is attending the conference. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is expected to attend it towards the end of the five-day meeting. The talks in China are the last meeting of negotiators before the crucial UN climate summit in Mexico later this year. s Content