China signals hope
for deal
China
was reported to signal an operational accord out of reach.
Now China's climate change ambassador says China has not
given up hope for a deal.
Marianne Bom (article updated) - 17/12/2009 - China no longer
sees a possibility of achieving an operational accord to
tackle global warming this week at the UN climate conference,
Reuters reported early Thursday morning, quoting an unnamed
official involved in the talks.
The
official said that China instead suggested issuing "a
short political declaration of some sort."
Later
Thursday, China's Climate Change Ambassador Yu Qingtai (photo
above) rejected the signals as malicious rumors.
"I
do not know where this rumor came from but I can assure
you that the Chinese delegation came to Copenhagen with
hope and have not given it up," Yu Qingtai told Reuters.
"Copenhagen
is too important to fail," he said.
Beijing wants a deal that capture all progress achieved
over two years of UN-led negotiations and leave room for
swift progress on unresolved areas next year, according
to Yu Qingtai.
The
Danish Presidency tried all afternoon and evening on Wednesday
to create consensus on a text on the basis of which the
heads of state and government were supposed to continue
their talks. On Thursday the text was given up after pressure
from developing countries - according to the media - and
negotiations continued without it.
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