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UK 'hopeful' on climate change Brown seeks binding climate deal
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Downing Street has said Gordon Brown is hopeful of a deal being reached at the Copenhagen climate summit. Gordon Brown has pledged to lead a campaign to establish a legally binding treaty on tackling climate change.
In a message posted on Twitter earlier, Downing Street said: "PM: 1045 - it has been an exhausting day, but we are almost there". Speaking at the Copenhagen summit, the prime minister said that was the next step after the US reached agreement with some major developing economies.
The message was posted shortly before an agreement between the US and some developing countries was announced.
But Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins called the US-led deal "a toothless declaration".But Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins called the US-led deal "a toothless declaration".
US President Barack Obama had said the deal would be a foundation for global action, although he added that there was "much further to go". And Greenpeace UK chief John Sauven said a "radically difficult" kind of politics on climate change was needed.
US President Barack Obama said the deal would be a foundation for global action but there was "much further to go".
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".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".
As details emerged of the agreement, a British official said "real movement" had occurred and there was a great deal of hope that a global deal could be reached among nations at the summit.As details emerged of the agreement, a British official said "real movement" had occurred and there was a great deal of hope that a global deal could be reached among nations at the summit.
"Final details are still being nailed down, but we are now confident that we can get the two degree target agreed," said the official."Final details are still being nailed down, but we are now confident that we can get the two degree target agreed," said the official.
However, this feeling was not shared by Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven.However, this feeling was not shared by Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven.
"It is now evident that beating global warming will require a radically different model of politics than the one on display here in Copenhagen," 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," he said.
Mr Sauven added: "We don't yet know the small print of what Copenhagen will give us, but it looks like it won't deliver anything close to what the world needs."Mr Sauven added: "We don't yet know the small print of what Copenhagen will give us, but it looks like it won't deliver anything close to what the world needs."