On late Friday, US President Barack Obama reached an agreement described as “meaningful” during a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma at the last day of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
“No country is entirely satisfied with each element but this is a meaningful and historic step forward and a foundation from which to make further progress,” an American official said. “It’s not sufficient to combat the threat of climate change but it’s an important first step.”
However, the official said that it will be a “historic step forward”.
Talks had nearly broken down between China and the United States. Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, has admitted that a plan B was being drawing for an accord that would have excluded China if the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter refused to sign an agreement.
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