COPENHAGEN — A document suggesting that developing countries should do more to combat global warming continued to dominate discussions Wednesday at the U.N. climate conference, where talks were briefly suspended after a controversy erupted among developing countries over what level of greenhouse gas emissions a new treaty should aim for.
Debate also continued over the fundamentals of a post-Kyoto Protocol treaty, including which base year to use in calculating emissions reductions and when emissions should peak.
A text prepared by Denmark and leaked Tuesday afternoon was strongly condemned by the Group of 77 developing nations plus China. The document suggested developing countries commit to specific percentage reduction targets by 2020, except for a new category of less-developed countries titled the "most vulnerable."