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IN THE CORRIDORS

Two developments at COP-2, the US statement supporting a legally binding agreement to reduce emissions and the Ministerial Declaration, drew several reactions from participants. Regarding the US statement, one delegate expressed concern about the impact of a requirement for tradeable emission permits on a binding agreement. Another delegate mentioned that the AOSIS protocol, and its targets, could be “dead in the water”. Regarding the Declaration, one observer was surprised at the level of dissent, expressed in heated exchanges between some delegations and the COP officials, minutes before the Plenary was due to note the Declaration.