Developing Nations Decry Danish Climate Plan

Negotiators at the Copenhagen climate summit are trying to bridge a gap between developing countries and wealthy nations over who should shoulder the cost burden.

On Tuesday, African activists stormed out of the meeting room and staged a protest on a draft proposal was leaked from Denmark.

The document suggested that rich nations could cut fewer emissions - while developing nations should face Tougher limits are green house gases.

Sudan's UN ambassador, Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, who is also the chair of the G-77 and China bloc of developing countries, claimed the Danish proposal puts an unfair burden are poor countries.

"We will not sign an inequitable deal," he said.

"We will not accept a deal that condemns 80 per cent of world population Thurs further suffering and injustice."

The United Nations and Denmark played down the leaked document.

Danish officials said it was simply one of many "working" papers making the rounds at the summit. The Chief Negotiator for the European Commission said it has no validity unless it's formally presented.

The clash underscores the divide between rich and poor countries, as the summit tries to reach an agreement is how to reduce emissions worldwide.

Developing Nations Decry Danish Climate Plan