India, China object to Bali U.N. climate draft

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Source: Reuters

India and China objected on Saturday to a draft deal at U.N. talks in Bali to launch negotiations on a global pact by 2009 to fight climate change, saying rich nations should do more to lead the way.

After overnight talks lasting beyond a planned Friday deadline, India told a 190-nation meeting that it wanted changes to a final text to strengthen the role of rich nations in providing clean technology and finance to help them fight global warming.

"This is completely unacceptable", a source close to the Chinese delegation said. Soon after resuming on Saturday morning, the talks were suspended to try to resolve the tangle.

But Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer told Reuters the European Union, which backed a draft text presented earlier, said the Indian demands were "unacceptable to the EU".

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Rich or poor doesn't friggin'matter! We're all gonna die here.

[Cha]

2. Yeah, while the so-called

leaders are loungin' around squabblin'.

[fascisthunter]

3. The Mentally Ill are in Charge

We now find ourselves in a death spiral, as if we were light being swallowed by a blackhole of greed.

(on edit: mentally ill yet, not seeking proper help)

[Double T]

4. The insatiable quest for wealth has doomed OUR PLANET TO EXTINCTION.

[fascisthunter]

5. If the Raft Itself Were Valuable, the Greedy Would Drown (nt)

[AndyTiedye]

6. Fair Enough, But China IS a Rich Nation Now

[orleans]

7. i'm surprised the u.s. wasn't in there w/china & india--whining about it too. n/t

[ohio2007]

8. US doesn't have the "developing nation" loophole to play

we are the evil in the world and mu$t give them idea$ and technologies invented by our evil capitalist $y$tem

[orleans]

9. this administration wiggles its way out of everything. i'm surprised

they couldn't figure a way around this one.

unless, they simply just plan not to do shit. say they'll do it and then don't. business as usual.