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| Key powers in climate compromise | 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. |
| Five nations, including China and the US, reached a deal on a number of issues, including a target to limit temperatures rises to less than 2C. | |
| 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 it 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. | 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. |
| 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". | 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. |
| Delegates at the UN conference have spent the final day poring over a number of revised final texts. | 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". | 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. | "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. | 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 | 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." | "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. | 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." |