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Why copen hagen fail..............................

The U.N. Copenhagen climate talks were in disarray on Tuesday after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked  To sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the U.N.’s role in all future climate change negotiations.  The document also sets unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals. The so-called Danish text, a secret draft agreement worked on by a group of individuals known as “the circle of commitment” — but understood to include the U.K., U.S. and Denmark — has only been shown to a handful of countries since it was finalised this week.  The agreement, leaked to the Guardian, is a departure from the Kyoto protocol’s principle that rich nations, which have emitted the bulk of the CO{-2}, should take on firm and binding commitments to