No U.N. deal on carbon cuts, last day of talks

[Adsos Letter]

Source: Reuters

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Two years of U.N. climate talks reached their climax in Copenhagen on Friday without a deal on carbon emissions cuts, as world leaders attempted a last push to agree a new global climate pact.

"There are deep differences in opinion and view on how we should solve this. We'll try our best, until the last minutes of this conference," said Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt after overnight talks ended.

Negotiators agreed an initial draft which called for a two degree Celsius cap on global temperatures, and at least $100 billion in aid for poor nations, sources said.

But the meeting broke up without a deal on the central element of a climate deal - the timing and degree of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091218/ts_nm/us_climate_copenhagen

[lob1]

1. I've heard very little about this. Who was dragging their feet?

Apparently it's turned out to be a mess, but I really don't know why.

[EFerrari]

3. We are and we're bribing others to drag theirs.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/17/a_naked_form_of_blackmail_naomi

[lob1]

4. I had a bad feeling it'd be us.. This has been a crappy week.

[EFerrari]

5. No kidding.

:(

[EFerrari]

2. USA! USA!

:(