Polluted Atmosphere in Copenhagen?
10 Dec 2009
What had been expected to be a quiet first week has suddenly taken on rather more lively character, writes CNN's Connect The World host, Becky Anderson.
Just when you thought the toxic clouds of climate gate had lifted, the atmosphere at the UN's summit in Copenhagen was polluted once again.
The Danish text - as it's being dubbed - is a framework document devised by the Danes on behalf of the US and UK, so far so good. But here's the important bit.
If adopted, it would give rich nations significant power over the billions of dollars that would be distributed to poorer countries as part of any agreement.
What role this paper plays in final negotiations is unclear. But it's the secret nature of the proposal that is causing such an uproar here. Developing countries see it as deeply troubling.
They claim it's a covert effort to exclude them from the meat-and-potatoes bargaining ahead.
Both the Danes and the UN have dismissed the uproar maintaining the proposal is far from final.
