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New climate deal may have to wait

Dhaka disappointed; developed, developing nations fail to bury differences

PlNAKI ROY from Copenhagen
The climate deal prospect looked bleak yesterday as 119 heads of state and government attending the UN climate summit in Copenhagen struggled to bury the differences between the developed and developing nations over the issue of carbon emission cut.
But not much progress in any sector has been achieved so far, one of the negotiators from Bangladesh said.
Since the high level segment began on Tuesday, the ministers took over the negotiation part and were struggling to reach an agreement on different issues - the peaking year of temperature, percentage of emission cuts and financing the poor nations to deal with the climate change.
Both the coalitions of developed and developing nations remained at odds over who should cut emissions and to what extent and how much financial aid should go to poor countries.
Fighting over emissions cut issue the talks remained stalled for almost two working days in the last two weeks.
It came to a halt for nine hours on Wednesday what Yov de Boer, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretary general, termed "unexpected stop". However, the ministers were busy to fix the stalemate till late into the night yesterday.
Though world leaders are not acting as per the demands of least developed countries
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(LDCs) and the negotiators think that they are still far away to reach any agreement. However, they are expressing hopes about negotiation.
Expressing her concerns for farmers of Bangladesh affected by the climate change, Hilary Clinton, the US secretary of state, yesterday at a press conference urged all to take a joint global effort to save the world.
"We cannot afford to fail. I hope the world leaders will reach an agreement," she said.
However, she stood by the US position regarding 17 percent emission reduction below 2005 levels by 2020 which is ultimately around 4 percent reduction below 1990 levels.
But as the US is one of the largest polluters, the LDCs have been demanding 30 percent emission cut by2020.
Mohammed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, yesterday told the journalists at Bella centre that the progress has not been achieved much so far in talks.
“But I am still hopeful,” he said.
From yesterday morning to noon, there were rumours that developed countries and developing countries were trying to put forward their new texts for discussion to reach an agreement.
But one of the negotiators said that finally they would con tinue to discuss the old text
The adaptation fund contact groups yesterday sat again and Bangladeshi negotiators actively participated there demanding inclusion of the international migration of climate refugees in the adaptation text
“I am hopeful something may happen about adaptation fund," said one of the government delegates negotiating adaptation fund contact group.
Meanwhile, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spent a busy day yesterday meeting with different heads of delegation.
Speakers set to address the summit yesterday included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
US President Barack Obama is due to attend the final day of the meeting today.
However, different media reports quoting US officials said that Obama wouldn't bring anything to the talks beyond
Washington's already stated goals: to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emission of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to pay a "fair share" into a $ 100 billion fund to help developing countries deal with climate change.
Asked what actually was going on in the negotiations, one of the observers, who has been observing COP since the first one, said. "Something may happen in the last hours. You have to wait till 18 December midnight to see what happens here."
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Bangladesh yesterday expressed disappointment over huge differences among the member countries and yet inconclusive Kyoto Protocol and Long-term Coordinated Action texts (text to make Copenhagen deal) though the summit has just a day to reach a conclusion.
Demanding Bali Action Plan as the guideline for the developed and developing countries, Hasan Mahmud, state minister for environment and forests, asked the developed nations not to exceed the average global temperature by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius than that of the pre-industrial period.
"They must confirm the net reduction of emission. How they will do so is their affair," the state minister said.
Mentioning Bangladesh still hopeful for a major breakthrough, the state minister urged all the developed and emerging developing nations to come forward.
Health Minister AFM Ruhal Huq and other Bangladeshi delegates were present at the media briefing at the main press conference room of the Bella Centre, Copenhagen.