BONN, Germany, (Reuters) – Developing nations said yesterday they were angry that 11 days of U.N. climate change talks failed to set a target for cuts in gas emissions by industrialised countries, as many had hoped.
The 175-nation talks, which closed in Bonn yesterday, were the latest in a series of meetings meant to forge a deal in Copenhagen in December to replace or extend the Kyoto Protocol.
The talks looked certain to lead to full negotiations on the text of a climate pact — a procedural outcome disappointing to developing countries which will have to wait until June or later for long-awaited commitments from rich countries.
“We’re very disappointed at this turn of events,” China’s climate ambassador, Yu Qingtai, told Reuters yesterday.
“We came to Bonn this time hoping that we’ll finally focus on the central mandate of this working group,” he said, referring to the group looking at the ranges of future cuts by developed nations. “There is a very consistent lack of interest to engage,” he added.
