The German and Brazilian leaders called Thursday for the Copenhagen conference to agree on "all significant elements" of a new climate deal and produce a timetable for a legally binding agreement.
AP/Michael von Bülow
AP/Michael von Bülow
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conceded that "we won't reach the agreement of our dreams in Copenhagen," where the summit opens next week. However, he said after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he expects "important progress." The two leaders' common aim is "an agreement on all significant elements of a new climate agreement and ... on a timetable for the conversion of the Copenhagen agreement into a binding climate accord," a joint statement said. Merkel told reporters that the hoped-for Copenhagen agreement should be turned into a binding text "in the following months." "We need contributions from all countries — naturally different ones" depending on their status," she said. The Copenhagen conference originally was intended to produce a final global warming treaty, but that now seems out of reach. Most leaders now hope it can produce a framework agreement, leaving details to be concluded later. Both Merkel and Silva plan to attend the meeting. (Photo: Scanpix/EPA/DPA)
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