World leaders supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later Sunday. France’s negotiator at the talks laid the blame for the delay squarely at the door of the United States.
Finance ministers from the world's 20 most powerful and fastest emerging economies meet for a second day in Scotland to coordinate economic stimulus measures and discuss funding for a still uncertain agreement on climate change.
Officials attending preliminary climate change talks in Barcelona have acknowledged that the United Nations' main event in Copenhagen next month may fail to produce a final accord, drawing criticism from environmental groups.
US President Barack Obama has expressed hope for an "important deal" at the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month, but admitted it would not entirely resolve the world's environmental problems.
Delegates from 192 countries are meeting for a five-day convention in Barcelona ahead of a highly anticipated showdown in Copenhagen in December. The meeting has been called "critical" to sealing a pact on climate change.
European Union leaders have come to an agreement on funding that could boost efforts to reach a global deal to fight climate change, British and Danish diplomats said.
The heads of the European countries meet to prepare the Copenhagen summit that will take place December 2009. Will they agree on how much must be spent to reduce gas effects? They will try to forge a consensus.
