A select meeting of top world leaders aimed at brokering a deal on fighting change broke into splinter groups on the fringe of United Nations talks in Copenhagen on Friday as developed and developing states wrangled over key concessions, DPA reported.
"One of the main problems is that China is still reluctant to accept the idea of external control (on its greenhouse-gas emissions). China is not the only problem: India, too, has been raising concerns," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
The meeting of the leaders of 26 of the world's most powerful nations intends to ease the passage of a worldwide deal on limiting global warming among more than 120 heads of state and government.
But it bogged down in differences between major powers, with US President Barack Obama reportedly at odds with China and India.
"Meeting adjourned into smaller groups. We'll see what can be done, then we'll take it up again. Nothing new from Obama," a diplomat close to the talks informed the German Press Agency dpa.
The crunch bargaining in Copenhagen aimed to broker a basic political agreement on how to limit climate change. It opened less than an hour after Obama landed in the Danish capital to join the last crucial day of the UN talks.
Reports from the meeting suggested that leaders had agreed on immediate funding for poor countries, but not on long-term aid or greenhouse-gas emissions cuts.
"So far there has been only little progress," Sarkozy said.
The leaders of China and India did not attend the initial meeting but were observed to leave the plenary UN session as the mini-summit adjourned.
The meeting left close on 100 other world leaders waiting for developments for almost two hours.
Danish premier and host Lars Lokke Rasmussen convened an informal session of the UN plenary.
Climate mini-summit splinters as talks waver
