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BREAKING: "Meaningful Agreement" Reached on Climate
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Dec 18, 2009 03:20pm |
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| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Friday, December 18, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS/ AP) Updated at 3:59 p.m. EST
The U.S. reached a "meaningful agreement" with China, India and South Africa at the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen, a senior White House official said.
The official characterized the deal as a first step, but said it was not enough to combat the threat of a warming planet.
The agreement was reached Friday at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen after a meeting among President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma.
Details of the deal with these emerging economies were not immediately clear.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been officially announced.
The news came after a diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final scheduled day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Obama meeting with China's premier twice, once privately and another with other world leaders present, in hopes of sweeping aside some of the disputes that have barred a final deal. |
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