Thursday, November 5, 2009

UN climate change summit likely to fail, officials warn

The UN climate change summit is likely to fail in producing an agreement to combat global warming, British officials have warned. The forecast is that it will take at least another 12 months for an agreement to strike.

The main problem is seen in the wide gap that still exists between the participating members of the conference, including a far greater number and diversity than the 1997 Kyoto signatories.

EU negotiators are not quite so pessimistic, saying it could take another six months to bridge the gaps.

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