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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (4) Slideshow Video Email Print Reprints Technology Android phones biggest network hogs Owners of Google's Android phones use more data than those with other smartphones, threatening to choke wireless network capacity, a new study shows. Full Article Google Chrome PCs to miss the holidays Netflix in streaming deal for more ABC shows Microsoft plans to ramp up browser privacy RIM says tablet software is future for smartphones More technology news Read Police link ex-convict to death of Hollywood publicist 08 Dec 2010 WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike | 08 Dec 2010 U.S. fiscal health worse than Europe's: China adviser 08 Dec 2010 Testy Obama fires back at Democrats over tax deal | 07 Dec 2010 Special Report: STD fears sparked case against WikiLeaks boss 07 Dec 2010 Discussed 152 Obama unveils tax deal with Republicans 76 WikiLeaks founder Assange arrested in Britain 66 Australia blames U.S. over WikiLeaks, founder held in UK Watched Bejeweled bra exposed in NY Thu, Oct 21 2010 Row over vote orgasm video Fri, Nov 19 2010 Playboy opens Mexican casino Sun, Dec 5 2010 U.N. climate talks seek to avert damaging failure Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook By Alister Doyle and Robert Campbell CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Almost 200 nations sought on Wednesday to break a deadlock between rich and poor on steps to fight global warming and avert a new, damaging setback after they failed to agree a U.N.... Factboxes What climate deal may be agreed in Cancun? Wed, Dec 8 2010 Comparison of Cancun, Copenhagen climate meetings Wed, Dec 8 2010 Related News Scenarios: Fallout of success or failure at Cancun talks Wed, Dec 8 2010 Analysis & Opinion How to make communities see green over REDD? What we should be taxing: greenhouse gases Related Topics World » Green Business » United Nations » Related Video Climate protesters target Cancun Wed, Dec 8 2010 1 / 19 Cardboard versions of New York's Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, Paris' Eiffel Tower, Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer, London's Big Ben, Cairo's Great Pyramid of Giza, Mexico's Angel of Independence, Agra's Taj Mahal and Beijing's Temple of Heaven stand in the ocean at the Gaviota Azul beach in Cancun December 8, 2010. Greenpeace staged a performance sinking the world's best known landmarks in the ocean as climate talks take place in the beach resort. Credit: Reuters/Gerardo Garcia By Alister Doyle and Robert Campbell CANCUN, Mexico | Wed Dec 8, 2010 11:48pm EST CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Almost 200 nations sought on Wednesday to break a deadlock between rich and poor on steps to fight global warming and avert a new, damaging setback after they failed to agree a U.N. treaty last year in Copenhagen. Several environment ministers said that failure at the talks in Mexico could undermine faith in the ability of the United Nations to tackle global problems in the 21st century as power shifts toward emerging nations led by China and India. "I think that what is at stake here is also multilateralism," said European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard. "It's absolutely crucial that this process, which is the only one we have ... can prove that it can deliver results." The talks in the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun from November 29 to December 10, have more modest ambitions than at Copenhagen last year, but there are still yawning gaps over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for curbing greenhouse gas emissions by rich nations until 2012. Japan, Canada and Russia say they will not extend the pact unless poorer nations also commit to emissions cuts. Developing nations, especially Bolivia, insist the rich world must lead by setting deeper cuts beyond 2013 before they take on curbs. "I believe that an ambitious, broad and balanced package is within reach," Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa told delegates. "That does not mean that we already have it in our grasp." China also saw signs of hope on Kyoto. Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, asked if there was room for a deal, told Reuters: "I think that will be possible. That is still under discussion." Shinsuke Sugiyama, a senior Japanese official, said Tokyo's position was unchanged. But he added: "I don't think anybody would try to make use of any part of the questions at hand to block everything, including us." Negotiators want to set up a new fund to help developing countries combat climate change, work out ways to protect tropical forests, help poor nations adapt to climate change and agree a new mechanism to share clean technologies. CAR CRASH? Failure to achieve even those modest steps would be a blow after U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders could only manage a vague, non-binding deal in Copenhagen in 2009, when many had pinned hopes on a treaty. "A car crash of a summit is in no one's interest," said British Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne. One senior delegate said there was progress on several core issues but other hurdles could arise. Small island states, for instance, want the talks to set an end-2011 deadline for agreeing on a treaty, an idea opposed by Beijing and Washington. Some countries linked deadlock in Cancun to Obama's failure to pass U.S. legislation to curb climate change. All other industrialized nations have already capped their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. "We cannot afford to be held hostage by the political backwardness of one developed country," said Tuvalu's deputy prime minister, Enele Sosene Sopoaga. "This is life and death, a survival issue for Tuvalu," he said of rising sea levels. 1 2 Next World Green Business United Nations We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (4) tangogo68 wrote: Does anyone seriously think that these diplomats and politicians have any other collective goal than deferring-delaying-deleting-destroying any move towards actual progress in averting the catastrophe that will envelop the coming generations ? Dec 08, 2010 7:20pm EST -- Report as abuse ROWnine wrote: Envoirnmental controls in these “poor” countries is a win win proposition. The resources being harvested SHOULD help keep the toxins out of their air and water and the replacement of renewable resources and abatement residual of mine damage will create jobs in thier economies that support other bussiness growth. The increased product cost keeps the preditory nature of consumers from jumping from one poor country to the next and if these laws are international maybe permits can be withheld to enforce the clean up and complience process to benefit all of us. The cost to clean up of the air, water and earth should not be the burden of governments but instead the consumer and since the international entities hide behind whatever nation states laws make enforcement the least likely it may be fairer to go after the countries that make nonresponsability more likely then the countries who have good laws but enforcement may be impossible due to trade agreements! Dec 08, 2010 9:25pm EST -- Report as abuse Joe200011 wrote: People are certainly a part of the reason for climate change BUT, only a very small part. The main cause (85%) of climate change is a weaskening of the magnetosphere concurrent with an approximately 25-year cycle of increased solar radiation emanating from the sun. The increased solar radiation presses the magnetosphere closer to the surface of our planet – the net effect – the warming of the upper atmosphere and a change in the direction that the winds blow. We lose about 50 cubic miles of Antarctic ice cap – annually – and we have done so for the past six years. Would that the damage stopped there. But alas, it isn’t. The Andean, Himalayan glaciers, the Greenland ice cap, the Alpine ice fields, etc…… Everything will be gone by 2030. The antarctic landmass will reappear – probably next summer. Water wars will begin in South America and Central Asia – probably next summer. A new type of refugee will be created – environmental refugees – billions of them – most will perish. Climate change will considerably increase the ocean depths and inundate all coastal areas on the planet within a decade. Republicans will deny that global warming exists until Washington is under 20 feet of water. Then, it will mysteriously become Obama’s fault. 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