Fiji, Oct. 20 -- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair Jim Skea has stressed the need for vulnerable countries and small delegations to participate fully in climate science decisions, as the panel prepares to resume talks on its next major assessment reports and budget.

Following the suspension of the 65th plenary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Skea said the meeting had completed most of its agenda but failed to reach agreement on the timelines for the three Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) and the budget to support the work.

"This means that the work of this Plenary has not finished," Skea said in a statement.

He said the talks had continued beyond their scheduled closing time, for...