half-deal

But the plan to highjack the actual UN negotiations, where every word is debated tediously, by bringing in heads of states to come up with a last minute half-deal, which could also be a face-saver for host Mexico, has not gone down well with India.

Cancún climate summit - opening day live coverage Damian Carrington 2010

He suggested he'd done a half-deal, making a handover conditional on Brown's good behaviour.

Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Andrew Rawnsley 2010