World leaders head for Denmark as climate talks enter final day

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Source: RIA Novosti

Dozens of world leaders will be arriving in Copenhagen on Friday for the final day of United Nations talks on climate change.

Delegations from 193 countries have been negotiating at the UN Climate Change Conference since December 7, but observers say the countries have made little progress in reaching any meaningful deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

U.S. President Barack Obama landed in the Danish capital this morning, and is set to meet with the leaders of China, Russia, and Brazil, emerging economies seen as crucial in climate negotiations. His arrival follows Secretary of State Hillary's announcement that Washington would back a $100-billion global fund to reduce emissions from 2020.

The Kyoto Protocol on cutting carbon emissions expires in 2012. The United States has not ratified the treaty, and although China and India have joined, they are not obliged by the protocol to reduce their emissions.

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