Frustration Building - Two Days To Go On Paris Conference Text, Which Swelled From 20 Pages To 34

Bonn - Frustration ran high on Wednesday at the snail's pace of talks for a climate rescue pact, with only two days left for diplomats to craft a blueprint for a year-end UN summit

With an eye firmly on the clock, diplomats in Bonn despaired at the mountain of work they face after an acrimonious start on Monday cost them a day-and-a-half of negotiating time.

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he talks got off to a false start on Monday when developing countries accused rich ones of "apartheid" tactics, and claimed their core demands - especially for finance commitments - had been excised from the blueprint. An overnight sprint to reintroduce omitted passages saw the text swell from 20 pages to 34. The huddle then broke up into smaller text-crafting groups, which reported back on Wednesday.

If ministers were to see the product, "probably many delegates would lose half their salaries immediately", European Union delegate Artur Runge-Metzger told a stocktaking session. "Progress... is well below expectations," added Russian envoy Oleg Shamanov. Analyst Alden Meyer of the Washington-based Union of Concerned Scientists said countries were merely "re-proposing their well-known national positions". "Negotiators need to earn their pay by actually beginning to build these bridges - not just by continuing to bring more construction materials to the building site," he said.

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