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Obama 'to attend climate talks' Obama 'to attend climate talks'
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US President Barack Obama will go to the key UN climate summit in the Danish capital Copenhagen in December, a US administration official has said. US President Barack Obama will go to the early stages of December's UN climate summit in Copenhagen, but will not stay for crucial talks at the end.
Mr Obama will attend the start of the summit before going to Oslo to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, but will not return for the end, the official added. Mr Obama will be in the Danish capital on 9 December on his way to Oslo to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize, a US administration official said.
The talks will attempt to draw up a new global climate treaty to supplant the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.The talks will attempt to draw up a new global climate treaty to supplant the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
So far more than 60 world leaders have said they will attend the summit.So far more than 60 world leaders have said they will attend the summit.
Observers say the attendance of such figures as Mr Obama will raise expectations, although the talks are not expected to result in a new treaty.Observers say the attendance of such figures as Mr Obama will raise expectations, although the talks are not expected to result in a new treaty.
Delegations from 192 countries will be attending the summit, which runs from 7-18 December.
Leaders saying they will attend the summit include UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
Hu Jintao, president of the world's largest polluter, China, is yet to commit to attending.
The US is the second largest polluter after China.