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AFP: EU seeks way ahead after 'disastrous' UN climate talks

BRUSSELS — European environment ministers began Tuesday to plan a new strategy for tackling climate change after "disastrous" UN climate negotiations which the US and China did their best to undermine, the Swedish EU presidency said.
"I call this a disaster, it doesn't at all match the needs of the world and that is what we have to discuss," said Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year.
AFP: EU seeks way ahead after 'disastrous' UN climate talks

The Chinese are not ready to take the blame and push this back to developed nations. China rejects climate allegation. 

The Cubans had a similar view, stating that Copenhagen Was a Farce.

And also, Brazil blasts US performance at Copenhagen.

From an Indian perspective, it is less a question of blame and rather a Morning After effect. India wakes up to the implications of being graduated to the 'developed' class. What Copenhagen agreement really means to India


 
The Guardian attempts to get a more objectiove view by polling a range of commentators: Copenhagen climate deal: Spectacular failure - or a few important steps?

Also from the Gulf, a more measured assessment: 
"The showdown between China and the United States has introduced for the first time at the highest political level moral questions about climate change.  " No pact, but it's not the end of the world

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