UN drops deadline for countries to state climate change targets

Yvo de Boer
The UN climate chief Yvo de Boer shows frustration on the last day of the climate talks in Copenhagen, which resulted in an accord that has been criticized for lacking ambition.

The UN has dropped the 31 January deadline by which time all countries were expected to officially state their emission reduction targets or list the actions they planned to take to counter climate change.

Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/20/copenhagen-accord-deadline-climate-change

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