Sydney, December 14: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today warned that troubled global climate talks were at risk of “failure” and urged world leaders to adopt a more flexible approach.
Rudd, who is due to arrive at the summit on Wednesday, said key polluters like China and India had made positive statements but as the talks enter their second week, a consensus looked difficult to achieve.
“There’s a big risk that we will have conflicting views between developed and developing countries,” Rudd said.
“And there is always a risk of failure here.”
Rudd, who will be a deal-brokering “friend of the chair”, said it would be difficult to reach a “consensus up the middle” given the often opposed positions of developed and developing nations.
–Agencies