Germany and Mexico vow to revive failed global-warming talks

Germany and Mexico vowed Sunday to revive a stalled pact to halt global warming, opening a three-day informal conference in Bonn for officials from 45 key nations.

President Felipe Calderon of Mexico said in Bonn the world had to escape the trap of thinking it faced a yes-no choice between fighting global warming or fighting global poverty.

“We believe both challenges can be and have to be tackled at the same time,” he said. The key issues were the funding that industrialized nations are being asked to stump up to help developing nations reduce emissions, and which actual projects to encourage.

After a meeting with Calderon, who was in Germany to open the talks, then visit Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “I think it’s important that after the unsatisfactory outcome at Copenhagen, Cancun should be a success.”

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