Climate negotiators cobbled together a compromise deal in Lima yesterday morning that should prepare the way for a global pact in Paris next year.

But they rejected a rigorous review of the greenhouse gas emissions limits they plan.

Environmental groups were scathing in their response to the document, saying that the proposals were nowhere near drastic enough.

Environmental group WWF climate policy head Sam Smith said: “The text went from weak to weaker to weakest and it’s very weak indeed.”

Friends of the Earth International chairwoman Jagoda Munic said that earlier fears that the talks would fail to deliver “a fair and ambitious outcome” had been proven “tragically accurate.”

More than 30 hours behind schedule, delegates agreed on the information to go into the pledges that countries submit for the expected Paris pact.

They argued all day Saturday over the wording of the decision, with developing nations worried that the text blurred the distinction between what rich and poor countries can be expected to do.

The final draft touched on those concerns, saying that countries have “common but differentiated responsibilities” to deal with global warming.

“As a text it’s not perfect, but it includes the positions of the parties,” said Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, who was the conference chairman and had spent most of the day meeting delegations separately.

The momentum from last month’s US-China deal on emissions targets faded quickly in Lima as rifts reopened over who should do what to fight global warming.

The goal of the talks was supposed be the shaping of a global agreement towards reducing the heat-trapping gases warming the planet.

Developing countries most vulnerable to climate change accuse rich nations of shirking their responsibilities to curb climate change and pay for the damage it inflicts.

Mr Pulgar-Vidal’s final agreed draft restored language demanded by small island states at risk of flooding which mentioned a “loss and damage” mechanism recognising that nations hardest hit by climate change will require financial and technical help.

But this was accompanied by weakened language for quantifiable information showing how countries intend to meet emissions targets.