Nations_NN2 hash_VV0 out_RP climate_NN1 deal_NN1 Leaders_NN2 of_IO the_AT world_NN1 's_GE largest_JJT economies_NN2 agreed_VVD late_JJ Friday_NPD1 to_II an_AT1 accord_NN1 on_II steps_NN2 to_TO curb_VVI greenhouse_NN1 gas_NN1 emissions_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 deal_NN1 hailed_VVN by_II President_NNB Obama_NP1 as_II an_AT1 "_" unprecedented_JJ breakthrough_NN1 "_" in_II international_JJ negotiations_NN2 but_CCB denounced_VVD by_II critics_NN2 as_CSA too_RG weak_JJ to_TO avert_VVI the_AT harshest_JJT effects_NN2 of_IO global_JJ warming_NN1 ._. 
The_AT agreement_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX legally_RR binding_VVG ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 would_VM set_VVI the_AT first_MD emission_NN1 limits_VVZ for_IF emerging_JJ powers_NN2 India_NP1 and_CC China_NP1 ,_, along_II21 with_II22 new_JJ reduction_NN1 targets_NN2 for_IF the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ never_RR adopted_VVD the_AT commitments_NN2 of_IO the_AT 1997_MC Kyoto_NP1 Protocol_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 also_RR would_VM provide_VVI for_IF an_AT1 aid_NN1 fund_NN1 ,_, to_TO reach_VVI $100_NNU billion_NNO a_AT1 year_NNT1 by_II 2020_MC ,_, to_TO help_VVI poor_JJ nations_NN2 adapt_VV0 to_II changing_JJ climate_NN1 and_CC employ_VV0 low-emission_JJ fuels_NN2 ._. 
A_AT1 provision_NN1 for_IF international_JJ scrutiny_NN1 of_IO developing_JJ nations_NN2 '_GE emission_NN1 pledges_NN2 could_VM prove_VVI crucial_JJ to_II Obama_NP1 's_GE hopes_NN2 of_IO passing_VVG an_AT1 emission-reducing_JJ climate_NN1 bill_NN1 next_MD spring_NN1 in_II the_AT Senate_NN1 ._. 
Still_RR ,_, the_AT agreement_NN1 was_VBDZ vague_JJ on_II key_JJ details_NN2 ,_, including_II basic_JJ components_NN2 of_IO the_AT aid_NN1 fund_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 would_VM give_VVI nations_NN2 until_II February_NPM1 to_TO sign_VVI on_RP with_IW specific_JJ emission_NN1 commitments_NN2 ,_, and_CC it_PPH1 would_VM offer_VVI no_AT firm_JJ deadline_NN1 to_TO turn_VVI what_DDQ is_VBZ essentially_RR a_AT1 framework_NN1 document_NN1 into_II a_AT1 binding_JJ treaty_NN1 ._. 
Even_RR Obama_NP1 acknowledged_VVD that_CST the_AT reduction_NN1 targets_NN2 ,_, to_II the_AT chagrin_NN1 of_IO environmental_JJ groups_NN2 ,_, fell_VVD well_RR short_JJ of_IO what_DDQ scientists_NN2 project_NN1 is_VBZ necessary_JJ to_TO stabilize_VVI warming_VVG at_II sub-catastrophic_JJ levels_NN2 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 progress_NN1 did_VDD not_XX come_VVI easily_RR ,_, and_CC we_PPIS2 know_VV0 that_CST this_DD1 progress_NN1 alone_RR is_VBZ not_XX enough_RR ,_, "_" Obama_NP1 said_VVD in_II a_AT1 late-evening_JJ news_NN1 conference_NN1 announcing_VVG the_AT deal_NN1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 've_VH0 come_VVN a_AT1 long_JJ way_NN1 ,_, but_CCB we_PPIS2 have_VH0 much_RR further_RRR to_TO go_VVI ._. "_" 
The_AT failure_NN1 to_TO produce_VVI tougher_JJR emission_NN1 cuts_NN2 ,_, greater_JJR financial_JJ assistance_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 set_NN1 deadline_NN1 for_IF follow-up_JJ disappointed_JJ many_DA2 environmental_JJ activists_NN2 and_CC infuriated_JJ leaders_NN2 of_IO poor_JJ ,_, climate-vulnerable_JJ nations_NN2 like_II Nicaragua_NP1 and_CC Cuba_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ appeared_VVD unlikely_JJ to_TO endorse_VVI the_AT agreement_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 final_JJ plenary_JJ session_NNT1 began_VVD debating_VVG the_AT agreement_NN1 early_RR today_RT ._. 
The_AT goal_NN1 was_VBDZ to_TO reach_VVI enough_DD consensus_NN1 that_CST the_AT president_NN1 of_IO the_AT conference_NN1 ,_, Danish_JJ Prime_JJ Minister_NN1 Lars_NP1 Lokke_NP1 Rasmussen_NP1 ,_, could_VM declare_VVI the_AT document_NN1 outlining_VVG the_AT agreement_NN1 approved_VVD ._. 
But_CCB that_DD1 goal_NN1 was_VBDZ thrown_VVN into_II question_NN1 as_II a_AT1 string_NN1 of_IO developing_JJ nations_NN2 began_VVD to_TO protest_VVI what_DDQ they_PPHS2 called_VVD an_AT1 inadequate_JJ and_CC nonbinding_VVG text_NN1 ._. 
Oxfam_NP1 International_JJ ,_, which_DDQ works_VVZ on_II climate_NN1 and_CC poverty_NN1 issues_NN2 around_II the_AT world_NN1 ,_, called_VVN it_PPH1 a_AT1 "_" historic_JJ cop-out_NN1 "_" on_II its_APPGE website_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 protest_NN1 group_NN1 that_CST has_VHZ rallied_VVN in_II Copenhagen_NP1 throughout_II the_AT summit_NN1 called_VVN it_PPH1 "_" toothless_JJ ._. "_" 
Kassie_NP1 Siegel_NP1 ,_, director_NN1 of_IO the_AT Climate_NN1 Law_NN1 Institute_NN1 at_II the_AT Center_NN1 for_IF Biological_JJ Diversity_NN1 in_II Tucson_NP1 ,_, said_VVD ,_, "_" If_CS this_DD1 is_VBZ the_AT best_JJT we_PPIS2 can_VM do_VDI ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ not_XX nearly_RR good_JJ enough_RR ._. "_" 
A_AT1 delegate_NN1 from_II the_AT low-_JJ lying_NN1 ,_, South_ND1 Pacific_NP1 island_NN1 nation_NN1 of_IO Tuvalu_NP1 --_NN1 which_DDQ was_VBDZ the_AT focus_NN1 of_IO disruptions_NN2 during_II the_AT first_MD days_NNT2 of_IO the_AT summit_NN1 and_CC hoped_VVD to_TO force_VVI stronger_JJR actions_NN2 to_TO reduce_VVI emissions_NN2 from_II rich_JJ nations_NN2 --_NN1 told_VVD fellow_JJ diplomats_NN2 early_RR this_DD1 morning_NNT1 that_CST his_APPGE nation_NN1 "_" can_VM not_XX accept_VVI this_DD1 document_NN1 ._. "_" 
Hopes_VVZ that_CST Copenhagen_NP1 would_VM be_VBI the_AT site_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 legally_RR binding_JJ treaty_NN1 evaporated_VVD long_RR ago_RA ._. 
It_PPH1 appeared_VVD unlikely_JJ this_DD1 morning_NNT1 that_CST any_DD framework_NN1 agreement_NN1 would_VM meet_VVI even_RR reduced_VVN expectations_NN2 and_CC emerge_VVI from_II the_AT summit_NN1 as_II a_AT1 product_NN1 meeting_VVG the_AT approval_NN1 of_IO all_DB 193_MC members_NN2 ._. 
Instead_RR ,_, it_PPH1 seemed_VVD the_AT deal_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ rescued_VVD the_AT negotiations_NN2 from_II the_AT brink_NN1 of_IO collapse_NN1 ,_, would_VM garner_NN1 support_NN1 of_IO the_AT largest_JJT and_CC fastest-growing_JJT emitters_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ account_VV0 for_IF most_DAT greenhouse_NN1 gas_NN1 pollution_NN1 ._. 
After_II two_MC weeks_NNT2 of_IO grinding_JJ negotiations_NN2 and_CC a_AT1 slow-going_JJ morning_NNT1 on_II Friday_NPD1 ,_, several_DA2 of_IO those_DD2 countries_NN2 reached_VVD a_AT1 breakthrough_NN1 in_II the_AT evening_NNT1 ._. 
Obama_NP1 had_VHD arrived_VVN in_II town_NN1 early_RR ,_, exhorted_VVD the_AT summit_NN1 to_TO act_VVI instead_II21 of_II22 talk_NN1 and_CC dived_VVN into_II negotiations_NN2 ._. 
By_II the_AT afternoon_NNT1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ frustrated_VVN with_IW Chinese_JJ officials_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS sent_VVD low-level_JJ ministers_NN2 to_II multination_NN1 bargaining_NN1 sessions_NNT2 ._. 
The_AT Americans_NN2 had_VHD clashed_VVN with_IW the_AT Chinese_JJ throughout_II the_AT conference_NN1 on_II the_AT issue_NN1 of_IO transparency_NN1 in_II enforcing_VVG emission_NN1 limits_NN2 ._. 
Obama_NP1 asked_VVD aides_NN2 to_TO arrange_VVI a_AT1 second_MD meeting_NN1 of_IO the_AT day_NNT1 with_IW Chinese_JJ Premier_NN1 Wen_NP1 Jiabao_NP1 ,_, with_IW whom_PNQO he_PPHS1 had_VHD a_AT1 comfortable_JJ relationship_NN1 ._. 
The_AT chief_JJ Chinese_JJ climate_NN1 negotiator_NN1 said_VVD the_AT meeting_NN1 "_" had_VHD a_AT1 positive_JJ result_NN1 ,_, everyone_PN1 should_VM be_VBI happy_JJ ._. "_" 
"_" After_CS negotiations_NN2 ,_, both_DB2 sides_NN2 have_VH0 managed_VVN to_TO preserve_VVI their_APPGE bottom_JJ line_NN1 ._. 
For_IF the_AT Chinese_JJ ,_, this_DD1 was_VBDZ our_APPGE sovereignty_NN1 and_CC our_APPGE national_JJ interest_NN1 ,_, "_" the_AT negotiator_NN1 said_VVD ._. 
Obama_NP1 did_VDD not_XX indicate_VVI what_DDQ he_PPHS1 gave_VVD up_RP to_TO win_VVI China_NP1 's_GE support_NN1 on_II the_AT transparency_NN1 measure_NN1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 tried_VVD to_TO be_VBI modest_JJ in_II what_DDQ we_PPIS2 thought_VVD we_PPIS2 could_VM accomplish_VVI ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, emphasizing_VVG that_CST the_AT U.S._NP1 was_VBDZ seeking_VVG to_TO avoid_VVI the_AT mistake_NN1 in_II Kyoto_NP1 of_IO committing_VVG to_II a_AT1 treaty_NN1 the_AT Senate_NN1 would_VM not_XX ratify_VVI ._. 
The_AT president_NN1 cast_VV0 Friday_NPD1 's_GE deal_NN1 as_II a_AT1 steppingstone_NN1 to_II a_AT1 new_JJ ,_, official_JJ climate_NN1 treaty_NN1 down_II the_AT road_NN1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 directly_RR addressed_VVN critics_NN2 who_PNQS faulted_VVD the_AT deal_NN1 for_IF not_XX being_VBG legally_RR binding_JJ ,_, suggesting_VVG that_DD1 treaty_NN1 enforcement_NN1 mattered_VVD less_DAR than_CSN momentum_NN1 ._. 
"_" Instead_II21 of_II22 setting_VVG up_RP a_AT1 bunch_NN1 of_IO goals_NN2 that_CST end_VV0 up_RP just_RR being_VBG words_NN2 on_II a_AT1 page_NN1 and_CC are_VBR not_XX met_VVN ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ better_JJR to_TO act_VVI now_RT ._. 
"_" Everybody_PN1 is_VBZ taking_VVG as_RG aggressive_JJ a_AT1 set_NN1 of_IO actions_NN2 as_CSA they_PPHS2 can_VM --_NN1 that_CST there_EX is_VBZ a_AT1 sense_NN1 of_IO mutual_JJ obligation_NN1 and_CC information_NN1 sharing_VVG so_CS21 that_CS22 people_NN can_VM see_VVI who_PNQS 's_VBZ serious_JJ and_CC who_PNQS 's_VBZ not_XX ,_, that_CST we_PPIS2 strive_VV0 for_IF more_RGR binding_JJ agreements_NN2 over_II time_NNT1 ,_, and_CC that_CST we_PPIS2 just_RR keep_VV0 moving_VVG forward_RL ._. "_" 
