Copenhagen climate summit undone by 'arrogance'

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BBC News - 16/03/10

The "disappointing" outcome of December's climate summit was largely down to "arrogance" on the part of rich countries, according to Lord Stern.

The economist told BBC News that the US and EU nations had not understood well enough the concerns of poorer nations.

But, he said, the summit had led to a number of countries outlining what they were prepared to do to curb emissions.

Seventy-three countries have now signed up to the non-binding Copenhagen Accord, the summit's outcome document.

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He gave a talk on this very subject here in York (and very entertaining it was too). 'Tis in fact covered in blog in sig.

Basically anyone not directly involved in the drawing-up of The Danish Document took it as an insult. And can you blame them?