COPENHAGEN STURM UND DRANG

Progress made in Copenhagen talks, sticking points remain: Chinese official
December 15, 2009 (Xinhua via China View)

"Progress has been made in the climate talks in Copenhagen but negotiators are still engaged in heated debate on some issues, the head of the Chinese delegation to the UN-led climate talks said…

"Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, told reporters that at the start of the talks, the debate focused on what draft texts should serve as the basis for discussion after some unofficial texts of the draft was leaked…[but] the Bali Road Map was upheld with the emergence of two draft texts proposed by the chairs of two major working groups…[though the Chinese delegation is] not fully satisfied with the texts…"

From AP via YouTube

"…[I]ssues in the texts need further discussion and modification, and the ensuing substantial discussion on the texts would be very hard, given the differences in national interests and understandings of the Kyoto Protocol…Many sticking points are yet to be resolved, such as the binding targets of emissions reduction for the United States…"

From StartLoving2 via YouTube

"Ministers arrived in Copenhagen over the weekend to work for consensus…More than 100 heads of state and government are expected to be arriving later in the week for a climate summit to endorse efforts to fight global warming…

"…The United States…announced a new plan to promote clean energy technologies in developing countries, despite its reluctance to make more concessions for a deal…"