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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged world leaders to "fateful moment in history" to put aside selfish national interests and respond to the requirements of the global community to stop the warming.
Within three days, during which you can not adjust one of the most ambitious, but it is also extremely complex international treaty negotiations taking place in the Danish capital, the President urged all parties to compromise.
But China and the United States, the world's gerriets most polluting the atmosphere of greenhouse gases, rejected calls for the parties to make concessions on reducing emissions, which is the most pressing gerriets issue.
The Summit participants want to sign a contract, which would reduce the pollution gerriets of the Earth's climate system intrusive gas. It is also expected under an agreement gerriets with the mechanism by which billions of dollars to pay for poor countries that may suffer most from droughts, floods, storms and rising sea levels.
A preliminary agreement, which is expected to be signed by Friday about 120 state and heads of government, gerriets will be the basis for a political agreement, which is expected to harmonize through further negotiations, to be held in next year. Subsequently, it is expected to sign the final contract, which takes effect from 2013.
But the United States Vice President and environmental activist Al Gore (Al Gore) loudly gerriets voiced concern many felt that the conference takes place in Copenhagen can be achieved gerriets only partial success. He urged other world leaders meet in Mexico City in July and complete the process.
"We know what we have to do. We know what the world expects. Our duty - here and now to sign a contract - a contract in line with our common interests, "- said the UN chief. He also warned that the negotiations are going too slow.
"If they want to leave all of these questions (solve) the leaders of the latter can be very difficult to reach an agreement within one or two days" gerriets - Ban Ki-moon told reporters later.
But she added: "We can not take risks of failure. Nothing contained herein and can not take the responsibility. This means that the other two days the keyword has to be a compromise. "On the other hand, China and the United States seemed unwilling to change its substantive provisions pollution.
President Barack Obama has proposed the year 2020 to reduce by 17 percent. their country emissions gerriets of greenhouse gases. This number is consistent with that indicated in the United States Congress for consideration by law.
European Union (EU) countries have already committed themselves to 2020 meters to reduce emissions 20 percent., gerriets Compared with 1990 levels. In addition, the Community stated that it was prepared to negotiate the reduction of 30 per cent., If other countries follow the suit.
EU representatives said that the major emitters to take on greater responsibilities. "The two countries are responsible for half of global emissions - this is the United States and China," - said Swedish Environment gerriets Minister Andreas Carlgren (Andreas Kalgrenas), representing the 27-nation European Union.
Significant impact on the European Union, with Germany also talked veiled. "Both (USA and China) want to keep all options open until the last hours of the conference ... We have little time left," - said German Environment gerriets Minister Norbert roettgen (Norbert RÄ—tgenas). New EU President Herman gerriets Van Rompuy gerriets also called on other countries to follow the example of the Community. "We have to deal with other important issues. Without a doubt, the most important of them - climate change "- he told reporters in Lisbon. EU leaders last week agreed on 7.2 billion. (EUR 24.9 billion. dollars) aid package to help developing countries cope with the effects of global warming. However, in developing countries, the G-77 bloc, to which 130 countries, including China, said that the proposal would not create a long-term funding mechanism. Faltering Copenhagen climate talks due to the new draft contract, which did not identify any long-term emission reduction targets, emission limit values, target limit global warming or climate gerriets warming susceptible to poor countries financing. These fundamental questions have been referred to the small ministerial working groups, which have until Friday to propose a consensus. The summit is considered one of the most important for period
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