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UN Climate Change Talks Make Little Progress, U.S. Envoy Says
2010-10-06 06:40:48.319 GMT
By Stuart Biggs
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Pershing, the lead U.S.
negotiator at global climate-change talks in China, said little
progress has been made and warned that efforts may splinter if
no accord is reached at the next meetings in Cancun, Mexico.
"The consequences of not having an agreement after Cancun
are something to worry about," Pershing said today in a
briefing with three news media in Tianjin. At the same time, the
U.S. deputy special envoy for climate change said he remained
optimistic. "I still believe compromise can be reached."
Delegates from about 175 governments are holding a week of
United Nations-led talks in northern China aimed at reaching an
agreement to mitigate climate change.
The Tianjin meeting is the last chance before envoys meet
in Mexico for Nov. 29-Dec. 10 talks to help reach an agreement
that even the UN has said is unlikely this year.
The last climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009 failed to
produce a binding agreement even after leaders including U.S.
President Barack Obama flew in to try to hammer out a deal.
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--Editors: Todd White, Paul Tobin
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Reed Landberg at +44-20-7330-7862 or
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