The formal plenary has now been convened and the Cancun Agreement has been adopted.
Bolivia has said that it opposes the deal, and that the compromise is not a step forward but a step backwards. However, the other countries are overwhelmingly in favour and it is adopted.
Now the hard work starts to turn this by next year into the ambitious, legally binding deal that is needed.
Earlier, at the informal plenary, the UN climate talks chair Patricia Espinosa got a standing ovation.
The vast majority of those who took the floor were in favour of the compromise package, while recognising that it is not their ideal.
Bolivia said it was not prepared to sign a document which means an increase in the average temperature.
Parties applauded as first China then US then Japan say they will back the deal.
Venezuela proposed to go back to the working groups and from there to the plenary.
Saudi Arabia seconded the proposal tabled by Venezuela and this is what happened. Bolivia makes it clear they were not part of the consensus.
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