Countries betting the European Union will cave in and accept a weak global climate deal need to think again, the UK warned yesterday, as pressure grows on negotiators in the final days of the UN climate talks.
“Contrary to what’s being put about by some people, the EU is not about to agree” to a second phase of the Kyoto climate treaty without “hard, bankable” commitments from other large nations, said Chris Huhne, the UK climate secretary.
If there were no decent offer from other countries, the EU would be forced to put forward a “graduated” response in return, he warned, in a significant toughening of the bloc’s rhetoric.
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