Nov 5th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
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A global treaty to fight climate change will be postponed by at least six months and possibly a year or more, senior negotiators and politicians conceded today.
In a day of gloomy statements, the world's key industrialised nations said they had abandoned hope of a legally binding treaty at the Copenhagen summit next month and had begun to plan only for a meeting of world leaders.
The stark statements follow weeks of pessimism and represent a significant downgrading of the summit's goal.
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The US has given up hope of reaching a global climate change treaty at Copenhagen and is working towards a deal late next year, the Obama administration said today. The decision ends hopes of a legally binding deal being sealed next month.US envoy: No China-US climate pact expected from Obama's China visit next month
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