Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/15/2009 1:55:20 AM PST by Schnucki
Talks are back on track at the UN climate summit after developing countries won significant concessions.
Informal talks will proceed along the two "parallel tracks" favoured by developing countries, in particular on maintaining the Kyoto Protocol.
But the final high-level session starts on Tuesday evening, and much remains to be done if a deal is to be signed here.
Non-governmental organisations are protesting that many campaigners will be turned away from the venue.
Far more people have applied to attend the summit than Copenhagen's Bella Center can hold, and NGO numbers will be progressively reduced during the rest of the week, partly for security reasons as heads of state and government arrive.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be one of the first leaders here, arriving on Tuesday evening.
Protocol matters
Following Monday's suspension of talks on points raised by the African group, supported by the wider G77/China bloc of developing countries, some sessions ran long into the night as negotiators tried to make up lost time.
The Danish conference hosts had been accused of trying to sideline negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol by packaging discussion of outstanding difficult issues from across the various strands into a single informal session.
Developing countries are adamant that developed nations still inside the protocol - all except the US - must commit to further emission cuts under its aegis.
After discussions with the Danes and UN climate convention officials, the informal talks were split as the G77/China bloc had demanded.
One group, chaired by Germany and Indonesia, is examining further emission cuts by developed nations under the Kyoto Protocol.
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How do you do background checks on these attendees? Do they throw out anyone without a criminal record? ;-)
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