Activists, Official See No Emission Cut Deal At Climate Change Conference

Poznan, Poland (AHN) - American scientists said Tuesday they expect no new deal on greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to emerge from the climate change conference underway in Poznan, Poland.

The Massachusetts-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) said for one the U.S. and other developed countries are noncommittal in setting the target as well as transferring green technology to developing countries and providing funding for such undertaking unless developing countries do the same.

Alden Meyer, the director of strategy and policy for UCS, said a shared vision by countries attending the two-week meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is far-fetched "because the Bush administration has refused to put on the table any meaningful target and any meaningful financial package from the U.S."

On Monday, Harlan Watson, the chief U.S. delegate to the conference, said he expected no agreement on specific global targets for emissions cuts by 2020 at Poznan.

The Poznan conference aims to set the foundation for a new climate change pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol expiring in 2012.