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Source: The Independent
The global downturn could scupper plans for a landmark "son of Kyoto" deal to combat climate change, green campaigners have warned.
The warning came after the European Union's ambitious plans to combat climate change were left in disarray at the close of its summit in Brussels yesterday. Some member states are calling for the programme to be watered down on the grounds that it cannot be afforded in a downturn.
Sharp divisions over whether or not the EU's flagship goal to cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 can be afforded in a downturn forced the Brussels summit to put off a decision on a route map for achieving it.
Environmentalists fear the deadlock in the EU could cast a shadow over crucial United Nations-led talks in Copenhagen next year on a new agreement to combat global warming. Until now, the EU has been at the forefront of efforts to tackle the problem. But if it cannot implement its own policy, it would ease the pressure on other countries to act. It would also reduce the EU's voice in the talks, leaving the main players as America, under a new president, and China.
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