Leaders of the world must take the necessary responsibility in the upcoming 48 hours, urges members of the official delegation of 15 MEPs who are closely following the negotiations for a climate change agreement in Copenhagen.

US secret of state Hillary Clinton arrived in Copenhagen on Thursday just as climate negotiations had reached a critical junction and talks were difficult.

The secretary of state confirmed that the US will pay its share of the short term financing of adaptation and mitigation in developing countries during the next three years. The US is also prepared to work together with other countries to raise 100 billion US dollars annually by 2020.

Hillary Clinton stressed that the US wanted the funding to benefit the poorest and most vulnerable countries, and insisted that developing countries allow measurement, reporting and verification of emissions curbs as part of deal.
Regardless of a deadlock in negotiations, the EU must keep the flog flying. Lowering the EU's targets for 2020 would encourage other states to move their own climate protection targets, warns the delegation.

China no longer sees a possibility of achieving an operational accord to tackle global warming this week at the UN climate conference. Later Thursday, China's climate change Ambassador Yu Quigtoi rejected the signals as malicious rumors.

The Danish Presidency tried all afternoon and evening on Wednesday to create consensus on a text on the basis of which the heads of state and government were supported to continue their talks. On Thursday the text was given up after pressure from developing countries and negotiations continued without it.

At Thursday noon, the delegate at the UN climate conference decided to continue the climate talks in two tracks, one on the Kyoto Protocol, another on the climate change convention.

The developing countries, represented by Group 77, have in particular expressed fears that the developed countries would "kill the Kyoto Protocol" in Copenhagen. The G-77 backed the new proposal on procedure.

Bridging the gap between developed and developing countries was not possible during consultations held by the Danish Presidency of the UN climate conference.

The Danish Presidency has given up on its ambition to create consensus on a text that would form the basis of a global political deal to combat global warming.

China says it is willing to provide details about its actions to control carbon emissions, moving to meet a key US demand for verification on China's promises to fight global warming.

The financing of climate aid for poor nations and the verification of China's voluntary actions to reduce the growth of its emissions address two key issues blocking an agreement at the Copenhagen summit.