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UN climate head eyes Copenhagen aid deal

AFP, Washington
The UN climate chief voiced optimism Wednesday that the upcoming Copenhagen summit will offer immediate aid for developing nations but urged rich states also to chart out long-term help.
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said it was vital that developing countries come out of the December 7-18 summit with assurances so they can plan more carbon-efficient economies.
"We will need to see mech-anisms created in Copenhagen that allow for prompt action — immediate action - the day the conference ends," de Boer told Washington-based reporters on a conference call.
"That will only be possible if Copenhagen also agrees a clear financial package," he
said.
Britain and France called last week for a 10-billion-dollar fund for developing nations to tackle global warming. Britain committed to 1.3 billion dollars.
US Senator John Kerry, a strong advocate of fighting climate change, has asked President Barack Obama to include three billion dollars for the effort in his upcoming budget.
Kerry, who joined de Boer on the conference call, said quick US aid would show a "good-faith effort to put finance where it needs to be" in climate negotiations.
"I think that there is a growing consensus on the shortterm finance." de Boer said.
But he doubted rich nations would agree on how to split an estimated 100 billion-dollar bill to help developing countries reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, which UN scientists w arn is on
course to worsen drought, floods and other severe weather.
"1 think it will be difficult, if not impossible, to reach agreement on the exact long-term cost-sharing in Copenhagen," de Boersaid.
"But Copenhagen must also offer the prospect of longterm finance as we seek to come to grips with this issue in the decades to come."
Aid is considered a crucial component of a deal as developing nations are resisting demands by Western states and Japan to be treaty-bound to take action on climate change, arguing that rich countries bear historic responsibility.
India on Tuesday shot down a proposal by summit host Denmark that was expected to seek a halving of global emissions by 2050, worried that the burden would eventually shift to developing nations.