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President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.

President Barack Obama reached agreement with major developing powers on a climate deal on Friday, a U.S. official said, but he said the accord was only a first step and was insufficient to fight climate change.

An "empty" U.N. climate deal would be worse than no deal at all, the White House said on Thursday as President Barack Obama prepared to fly to Copenhagen to help secure a global warming agreement.

Police officers fired tear gas and wielded batons on Wednesday to beat back hundreds of demonstrators at the climate summit meeting.

Saying that that richer countries were not doing enough to cut emissions, developing countries’ delegates upended climate talks on Monday.

More than 600 people have been arrested at a demonstration against climate change in Copenhagen today. What started as a peaceful demonstration calling for action on climate change, descended into rioting as hundreds of masked youths threw bricks ...

EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks in Copenhagen....

Tensions spilled over at a global warming summit Wednesday, as the leading delegate for poor countries accused the USA and other ...

For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads....

The vow comes a day after Obama promised a cut by the U.S., and leaders of both countries now say they'll attend a climate summit next month.

China pledged today to increase its efforts to limit "greenhouse" gases, and said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Copenhagen climate summit next month.
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