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US admits it expects Copenhagen Treaty to be delayed to 2010
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Thursday 5 November 2009 at 11:56:00 But officials insist they are still hopeful for a "binding and real political agreement" next month The final nail in the coffin of hopes that a legally binding climate change treaty will be agreed at the UN's Copenhagen Summit was hammered in yesterday when US officials...
Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
independent.co.uk — British Government officials believe there is no hope of signing a legally binding climate change treaty in... Copenhagen next month. > > (more) Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
US scales down hopes of global climate change treaty in Copenhagen
guardian.co.uk — • Binding agreement not expected in Copenhagen • Administration working towards treaty next year The US has... given up hope of reaching a global climate change treaty at Copenhagen and is working towards a deal late next year, the Obama administration ... (more) US scales down hopes of global climate change treaty in ...
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Copenhagen negotiators shift focus to Mexico 2010
Ecoearth.info Blog — Hopes that a legally binding climate change treaty will be signed at the UN's Copenhagen Summit were finally extinguished yesterday when senior officials and politicians echoed US predictions that agreement would be delayed for at least six months. Negotiators gathered at the final round of talks in Barcelona conceded that a legally binding treaty would now not be delivered until next year, with a UN meeting in Mexico in December now the most likely venue for the treaty to be finalised. However, they insisted there were still hopes that a "politically binding" agreement could ...

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