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Climate deal agreed in Copenhagen Key powers in climate compromise
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Key states have reached what they call a "meaningful agreement" at the Copenhagen climate summit.Key states have reached what they call a "meaningful agreement" at the Copenhagen climate summit.
A US government official said the deal was a "historic step forward" but was not enough to prevent dangerous climate change in the future. Five nations, including China and the US, had reached a deal on a number of issues, including a target to limit temperatures rises to less than 2C.
Analysts welcomed the fact that a deal had been done, but said its achievements were modest. US President Barack Obama said it would be a foundation for global action but there was "much further to go".
US President Barack Obama said the deal would be a foundation for global action but there was "much further to go". Observers called the achievement "modest" and questioned how it fitted into the overall deal being negotiated.
AT THE SCENE Richard Black,BBC News environment correspondent President Obama may have a deal with Brazil, China, India and South Africa - but it's not at all clear that he has a deal with anyone else.AT THE SCENE Richard Black,BBC News environment correspondent President Obama may have a deal with Brazil, China, India and South Africa - but it's not at all clear that he has a deal with anyone else.
While the White House was announcing the agreement, many other - perhape most other - delegations had not even seen it.While the White House was announcing the agreement, many other - perhape most other - delegations had not even seen it.
A comment from a UK official suggested the text was not yet final and the Bolivian delegation has already complained about the way it was reached - "anti-democratic, anti-transparent and unacceptable".A comment from a UK official suggested the text was not yet final and the Bolivian delegation has already complained about the way it was reached - "anti-democratic, anti-transparent and unacceptable".
With no firm target for limiting the global temperature rise, no commitment to a legal treaty and no target year for peaking emissions, countries most vulnerable to climate impacts have not got the deal they wanted.With no firm target for limiting the global temperature rise, no commitment to a legal treaty and no target year for peaking emissions, countries most vulnerable to climate impacts have not got the deal they wanted.
He said the US, China, Brazil, India and South Africa had "agreed to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more than 2C and, importantly, to take action to meet this objective". President Obama said the US, China, Brazil, India and South Africa had "agreed to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more than 2C and, importantly, to take action to meet this objective".
He added: "We are confident that we are moving in the direction of a significant accord."He added: "We are confident that we are moving in the direction of a significant accord."
The two-week summit had been deadlocked as world leaders had struggled to hammer out a deal.The two-week summit had been deadlocked as world leaders had struggled to hammer out a deal.
Responding to Friday's developments, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven expressed disappointment. Delegates at the UN conference have spent the final day poring over a number of revised final texts.
Jo Leinen, chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee, described the latest draft as " a disappointment and below our expections".
"It's behind on emission targets, behind on commitment to verification and monitoring," he said.
In terms of who was responsible for making the text "disappointing", he added: "We have lost a lot of time through procedural delay, and that has been the fault of China, which has used the G77 for that purpose and blocked progress all through the weeks.
It is now evident that beating global warming will require a radically different model of politics than the one in Copenhagen John Sauven, Greenpeace UK What do you think of the deal? Reaction in quotes
"On the other hand, the US came too late. Obama came on the last day… from the US we need a target, not warm words."
Responding to Friday's developments, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven also expressed disappointment.
"It seems there are too few politicians in this world capable of looking beyond the horizon of their own narrow self-interest, let alone caring much for the millions of people who are facing down the threat of climate change," he said."It seems there are too few politicians in this world capable of looking beyond the horizon of their own narrow self-interest, let alone caring much for the millions of people who are facing down the threat of climate change," he said.
"It is now evident that beating global warming will require a radically different model of politics than the one on display here in Copenhagen.""It is now evident that beating global warming will require a radically different model of politics than the one on display here in Copenhagen."