Climate talks resume after breakdown

UN climate talks resumed late Monday evening after grinding to a halt earlier that day. Developing countries are insisting that developed nations discuss deeper cuts to their greenhouse emissions caps.

Developing countries say the Copenhagen Conference is likely to kill the Kyoto Protocol. Many accuse developed nations of dodging their responsibilities by trying to put an end to the 1997 agreement.

Developed countries have been asked not to shirk their climate change obligations, and to provide unconditional funding and technological support. But a number of richer nations think the emissions cut limits are too strict.

The dispute comes as the conference enters its second week, and just days before more than 100 world leaders are scheduled to arrive in the Danish capital.

Denmark's Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard delivers a speech at  the opening plenary December 7, 2009 at the Bella Center in  Copenhagen, the venue of the COP15 Climate Summit, which started  today and runs till December 18.