Los Angeles Times | Dec. 10, 2009 | 4:05 a.m.
China, India helped draft source says
In public, the early days of the climate summit here have been dominated by developing nations' furor over a proposed "Copenhagen Agreement" that leaked to environmentalists and reporters Tuesday.
But many developing nations -- including China and India -- in fact had a hand in drafting the "Danish text," a source with deep knowledge of the negotiations said today.
Representatives of those nations knew about the agreement's most controversial provisions, including commitments for greenhouse gas reductions by developing countries, well before the summit began. It was unclear whether every nation at the negotiations signed off on every provision.
Full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/fg-danish-text11-2009dec11,0,6152436.story
China, India helped draft source says
In public, the early days of the climate summit here have been dominated by developing nations' furor over a proposed "Copenhagen Agreement" that leaked to environmentalists and reporters Tuesday.
But many developing nations -- including China and India -- in fact had a hand in drafting the "Danish text," a source with deep knowledge of the negotiations said today.
Representatives of those nations knew about the agreement's most controversial provisions, including commitments for greenhouse gas reductions by developing countries, well before the summit began. It was unclear whether every nation at the negotiations signed off on every provision.
Full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/fg-danish-text11-2009dec11,0,6152436.story
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