But the meeting between Obama and Hu could give important momentum to the last few weeks of negotiations before Copenhagen, observers said.
“It is important to put things in perspective and realize just how far we’ve come in one year, particularly that both the US and China have elevated cooperation on climate change to the very highest levels of government,” Barbara Finamore, China program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement yesterday.
The US still has not committed to figures for its own emissions reductions or financing, with negotiators waiting until Congress completes domestic climate legislation.
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