The latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations was marked by bickering between the U.S. and China over emissions cuts, according to Reuters coverage.
The talks concluded Friday in China and were a reminder that the major divisions remain between developed nations and emerging industrial giants like China and India.
Environmental ministers are set to meet in Cancun, Mexico, for a summit-level gathering at the end of November. The goal is to takes steps towards a legally binding climate change treaty in 2011.
However, the U.S. and China continue to disagree over the terms of such a treaty. The U.S. says it and other developed nations cannot agree to fixed targets for greenhouse gas emissions while China and its contemporaries have only voluntary domestic goals.
China’s senior climate change negotiator responded with a reference to Zhubajie, a preening pig in a classic Chinese novel.
"It has no measures or actions to show for itself, and instead it criticizes China, which is actively taking measures and actions," Su said of the U.S.
Wendel Trio, Greenpeace International climate policy director, told Reuters, "At times it has been like watching children in a kindergarten."
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