The most recent draft for an agreement at climate change talks leaves
out a 2010 deadline for a legally binding treaty, a person familiar with the
matter told The Wall Street Journal.
An earlier draft contained a clause that said the parties would "adopt one
or more legal instruments under the convention as soon as possible and no later
than COP 16," the draft said, referring to the next meeting in Mexico City
scheduled at the end of 2010, according to the person.
The
latest draft excludes that clause.