UN leaders call for new political will as meetings resume today

COPENHAGEN: Stronger political will plus harder work in search of solutions by more minister-level officials is now needed to drive the negotiations forward, President of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) Connie Hedegaard and top UN climate official Yve de Boer told the press in the early evening on Saturday.

Meanwhile, China's climate change talks special representative Yu Qingtai lashed out on the countries for sidetracking the negotiations.

Half-way through the talks, substantial advances were made in adaptation, technology transfer and the use of forest to assimilate emissions.