Summit on the verge of failure

The inflexibility of China and the US threatens to dash the goals of the climate summit in Copenhagen, the liberal conservative daily Corriere della Sera writes: "The conference reached a dead end yesterday. This means that 48 hours before the negotiations come to an end on Friday the danger of failure is becoming real. ... The atmosphere is extremely tense. A new draft for a compromise is circulating which is said to be even more generalised than the previous one. … The main reason for the tension is the battle between the US and China. … The European Union says that Americans and Chinese must do more, but yesterday failed to present new proposals. … The strongest appeal came yesterday from Pope Benedict XVI. He equated the abuse of the planet … with war and terrorism. Strong words. But time is running out in Copenhagen."

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