* Two-week talks to end Friday, with new text
* Omits deepest cuts, all references to “Copenhagen”
BONN, Germany, June 11 (Reuters) – Negotiators from 185 nations end two weeks of talks on a new climate treaty on Friday with a new blueprint for a pact that omits the most draconian options for greenhouse gas cuts by 2050.
The streamlined 22-page draft also cuts all references in a previous text to “Copenhagen”, the host city for a U.N. summit in December that fell short of a binding deal to slow a rise in temperatures blamed for heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels.
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