(녹색성장) 코펜하겐 환경협약 종결
(녹색성장) 코펜하겐 환경협약 종결
I’m Katie Couric. The Washington area could get 20 inches of snow. So the president’s returning early from Copenhagen. That’s where global warming is on the agenda, and where delegates took what’s called an historic step forward to fight it. This is the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
As we mentioned earlier with all that snow headed for Washington, president Obama left the climate change summit in Copenhagen early heading home before a final vote. The president said progress was made in intensive talks with China’s prime minister and other world leaders. But it’s far from the deal many were hoping for. Here’s Sheila McVeker.
After a day of disarray혼란 and disagreement, five countries including the US did finally approved a plan to verify efforts to reduce green house gas emissions. But ultimately, they didn’t get what they really came here for. A legally binding treaty among all countries to make concrete cuts to gas emissions and curb억제 global warming. Tonight, president Obama acknowledged there is much more work to do. “This is going to be hard. And this is hard within countries. It’s going to be even harder between countries.”
It was an extraordinary end to a frustrating day that kept two years of negotiations finally stalling꼼짝 못하게 하다 over one country, China and its initial refusal to accept international monitoring over its emission cuts. The US had called any lack of transparency “a deal breaker.” When Obama spoke this morning, his message was directed at Chinese leaders. “We are ready to get this done today. But there has to be movement on all sides to recognize that it is better for us to act than to talk.”
It was this meeting between Obama and the Chinese premier that was meant to break the deadlock교착상태. The body language said it all. After 55 minutes, the Chinese refused to budge양보하다, an undiplomatic finger pointing started. In the end, after endless meetings, there was hope that a crucial step have been taken to deal with climate change. The president called the plan reached with China, India and others to list the actions they will take to curb global warming, a meaningful breakthrough. But he also said there are fundamental deadlocks in perspectives시각 between rich nations and poor. Katie?