"UN climate talks are on the brink of unravelling"

UN climate talks will collapse without EU leadership, thinktank warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk

UN climate talks are on the brink of unravelling and will collapse within months unless the EU shows global leadership by committing to a second phase of the only legally binding international treaty for cutting carbon emissions, a leading thinktank warned on Thursday.
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So far, only Norway and Sweden have said they will definitely sign up to a second round of Kyoto.
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"This is the crunch time. If the EU says, yes, the conditions are fulfilled, then there is some hope. Then Japan, Russia and Canada could be attracted back. But if the EU says no, then the whole thing unravels and the international climate system collapses. It is unthinkable," said Khor.