US-EU rift clouds climate summit

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Series Details 22.9.09
Publication Date 22/09/2009
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Article reports that a growing rift between the US and Europe is overshadowing a United Nations climate change summit in New York, 22 September 2009, further damping hopes for a breakthrough at the Copenhagen COP15 talks in December 2009.

In Brussels, European Union officials have grown increasingly frustrated at the US stance, saying it has fallen short on both its level of ambition to reduce emissions and on offering aid to developing nations.

Related Links
ESO: Background information: United Nations Climate Change Conference, 7-18 December 2008 (COP15) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-united-nations-climate-change-conference-7-18-december-2009-cop15/
EurActiv, 13.10.09: Comprehensive climate deal still out of reach http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/comprehensive-climate-deal-reach/article-186301

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