Doubt grows over Copenhagen talks

[IndianaGreen]

Doubt grows over Copenhagen talks

Climate talks at a UN conference in Copenhagen have reached a crisis point, with Germany's leader describing reports from talks as "not good" and a British politician warning of "a farce".

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has criticised pledges made by industrial nations as insufficient and said the US offer of an emissions cut of four per cent "is not ambitious enough".

Her comments come as Ed Miliband, Britain's climate secretary, warned over failure to reach an agreement at the summit, which have been undermined by divisions between rich and poor nations.

"It would be a tragedy if we failed to agree because of the substance. It would be a farce if we failed to reach agreement because of the process," Miliband was quoted as saying by Britain's Guardian newspaper.

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Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, attempted to put new life into the flagging talks by announcing that Washington would contribute to a $100bn fund to help poor nations with climate change.

But she also accused developing nations of backsliding on pledges to open their emissions control to scrutiny.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/20091217112743719119.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. What's a cubit again?

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

3. Noah asked the same question... to God, of all people...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KHt8xrQkk

:evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

2. China isn't a poor nation

What was it, over $2 Trillion in reserves?

[timeforpeace]

4. Who's gonna get the blame if it falls apart?