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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.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".
However, the deal could be rejected as a number of nations were reported to be unhappy with the contents.
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.
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".
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. Richard Black's Earth Watch blogWith 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. Richard Black's Earth Watch blog
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 meeting has had a positive result, everyone should be happy," said Xie Zhenhua, the head of China's delegation."The meeting has had a positive result, everyone should be happy," said Xie Zhenhua, the head of China's delegation.
"After negotiations both sides have managed to preserve their bottom line. For the Chinese, this was our sovereignty and our national interest.""After negotiations both sides have managed to preserve their bottom line. For the Chinese, this was our sovereignty and our national interest."
Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, speaking on behalf of the G77-China group of nations, reacted angrily to the developments. The five-nation brokered deal promised to deliver $30bn of aid for developing nations over the next three years, and outlined a goal of providing $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with the impacts of climate change.
The agreement also included a method for verifying industrialised nations' reduction of emissions. The US had insisted that China dropped its resistance to this measure.
However, the emerging deal - which needs to be accepted by all of the 193 nations at the talks - received a mixed reaction.
Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, speaking on behalf of the G77-China group of nations, reacted angrily to the developments, saying that a deal had been done behind their backs.

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"Gross violations have been committed today - against the poor, against traditions of transparency and participation on an equal footing by all nations, and against common sense," he said."Gross violations have been committed today - against the poor, against traditions of transparency and participation on an equal footing by all nations, and against common sense," he said.
But he stopped short of saying G77 nations would oppose any deal.But he stopped short of saying G77 nations would oppose any deal.
"I will not hide my disappointment regarding the non-binding nature of the agreement here," EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters.
"In that respect the document falls far short of our expectations."
A number of nations are reportedly not willing to accept the latest draft of the document, known as the "Copenhagen Accord".
'Not perfect''Not perfect'
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.
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 quotesIt 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
Delegates at the UN conference have spent the final day poring over a number of revised final texts.
"The text we have is not perfect," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy."The text we have is not perfect," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
But he added: "If we had no deal, that would mean that two countries as important as India and China would be freed from any type of contract.But he added: "If we had no deal, that would mean that two countries as important as India and China would be freed from any type of contract.
"The United States, which is not in Kyoto, would be free of any type of contract. That's why a contract is absolutely vital.""The United States, which is not in Kyoto, would be free of any type of contract. That's why a contract is absolutely vital."
Jo Leinen, chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee, described the document as " a disappointment and below our expections".Jo Leinen, chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee, described the document as " a disappointment and below our expections".

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"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.
"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."
A number of leaders have now left the Danish capital, including the US president and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.A number of leaders have now left the Danish capital, including the US president and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Reacting to the Copenhagen "deal", John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: "The city of Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport.Reacting to the Copenhagen "deal", John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: "The city of Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport.
"There are no targets for carbon cuts and no agreement on a legally binding treaty," he observed."There are no targets for carbon cuts and no agreement on a legally binding treaty," he observed.
"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."