Disagreement at UN talks on climate change

Updated: 07:36, Saturday, 2 November 2002

Delegates at a United Nations conference in India on climate change have failed to convince developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Delegates at a United Nations conference in India on climate change have failed to convince developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

The poorer countries said their economic development could not be held back because of global warming.

The disagreement has threatened to derail the talks, which are aimed at clarifying details of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

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