Saturday, December 15, 2007

180-nation talks head toward "Bali Roadmap" deal on climate, emissions reductions

A U.S.-European standoff headed toward a compromise solution late Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global-warming gases, the U.N. climate chief said. Asked whether a deal was assured, Yvo de Boer replied, "Absolutely. The only question is how long is it going to take to get, how long we will have to stay up to wait for it." Said Germany's environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, "The climate in the climate conference is good."

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