Copenhagen summit veering towards farce, warns Ed Miliband

John Vidal and Allegra Stratton
The Guardian
December 17, 2009

[efoods]The climate change summit in Copenhagen was in jeopardy tonight with the complex negotiations falling far behind schedule as the climate secretary, Ed Miliband, warned of a “farce”.

With just two days remaining, the inability to overcome disagreements about the shape of a deal to combat global warming led to hours of inaction today , while outside the negotiations police clashed with protesters who broke through a security cordon but failed in an attempt to storm the conference centre.

“We have made no progress” said a source close to the talks. “What people don’t realise is that we are now not really ready for the leaders. These talks are now 18 hours late.”

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This article was posted: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:01 am

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