Five nations – the , , , and – have announced that there has been a successful deal at
Denmark’s Prime Minister, Lars Rasmussen, the new COP President, has spoken of “very fruitful” talks, in which he claimed that the USA and China have indicated the possibility that they might be willing to consider making some concessions in order to achieve some sort of deal that will enable the world leaders in Copenhagen to claim the conference to have been a major triumph.
COP President Connie Hedegaard resigned on 16 December, saying that the arrival of so many heads of state and government has meant that the negotiations should be presided over by someone of equal status.
Two new sections of text have emerged from the
Walk-outs, lack of agreements and disputes have marked the Copenhagen Conference to date.
In
A series of small but potentially significant disputes is highlighting the lack of progress being made during the first week of the COP-15 negotiations in
Peter Chin Fah Kui, the Malaysian Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister, said that the new electricity tariff increase application made by Tenaga Nasional Bhd, the main Malaysian energy provider, was being studied. The result would be submitted to the Malaysian cabinet to seek approval, he added.