By GLENN THRUSH,Politico
Obama was visibly upset that his words did not cause foreign leaders to swoon
President Obama and world leaders are on the verge of finalizing a climate deal that caps the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees — but punts major emissions decisions until 2012 — after a day of frantic leader-to-leader talks in Copenhagen.
"We’re very close,"said a person close the negotiations this evening,involving President Obama and leaders from China,Indian and Brazil.
Earlier Friday,a visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday,declaring that the time has come "not to talk but to act"on climate change.
Obama’s public ultimatum kicked off a furious round of bilateral negotiations between the world’s two largest pollution emitters as the conference entered its final hours,with Obama plunging into a pair of bargaining sessions involving Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,who had earlier boycotted a larger,multi-nation meeting with Obama.
As night fell in the Danish capital,the talks dragged on,with Obama extending his visit to complete a deal even as a big snowstorm closed in on Washington D.C.