Go ahead without US - Gore
13/12/2007 14:22  - (SA)  

Accusations fly amid deadlock US 'spent billions on climate' Climate chief pessimistic US no longer wields whip 'South Africa stands ready' 'There is no Plan B'

Nusa Dua - Former US vice-president Al Gore called on Thursday on the deadlocked world conference on climate change to forge a deal without the United States, accusing Washington of obstructing progress in the talks.

The newly awarded Nobel laureate told delegates that they could leave an "open space" in their framework deal and hope that President George W Bush's successor would change the US position.

"I am not an official and I am not bound by diplomatic niceties," said Gore, who narrowly lost to Bush in 2000.

"So I am going to speak an inconvenient truth: My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali," he said to applause.

"You can feel anger and frustration and direct it at the United States of America.

"Or you can make a second choice - you can decide to move forward and do all of the difficult work that needs to be done and save a large open blank space in our document and put a footnote by it."

- AFP

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