Global climate [hoax] deal impossible in 2010: U.N.

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - The world cannot agree a final climate deal this year, outgoing U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer told Reuters on Sunday, saying the focus should be on practical steps to help the poor and save forests.
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Many delegates at the Bonn talks were gloomy about the outlook, saying the negotiations to find a successor to the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 had lost momentum.
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De Boer said many scientists were advocating a halving of world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. "Even in my wildest dreams I don't think that Cancun in detail is going to define exactly how that will be achieved," he said.