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The EU, US and Canada seem unable to reach a compromise on emissions targets as talks at the UN climate conference in Bali continue past their scheduled end. The aim of talks are to agree a ‘road map’ that will lead to a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.
The EU continues to press for a specific commitment that industrialised nations should cut their emissions by 25-40 per cent by 2020. But neither the US or Canada are willing to agree to firm cuts and both sides are showing no signs of giving way.
UN Secretary-General has decided to remain in Bali longer than originally scheduled because of the very critical phase of the negotiating process and will be in Bali on Saturday to meet with the delegations.
“The successful launch of the negotiation process is a top priority for the Secretary-General, as well as the defining issue of our time, and he will devote as much effort as needed”, said UN spokesperson Marie Okabe.
The Indonesian hosts of the conference have attempted to negotiate a compromise by excluding specific numbers but accepting greenhouse gas emissions need to be stabilised. But even this, as yet, has not led to either EU or US agreement.
"Everybody is working hard towards a result, nobody wants to see it fail and nobody wants to be the country that makes it fail”, said Executive Secretary of the UN Framwork Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer. “I do not believe ministers will be able to leave this conference without a political answer to the scientific message they have received”, he added.
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