The efforts to bridge differences on financing for poor nations and the need for bolder action by rich nations on emissions had little effect. The two-week conference of United Nations in Doha, capital of Qatar, was not designed to generate a global climate agreement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, which has been postponed until 2015. But even the modest goal of extending the Kyoto Protocol and lay the groundwork for an agreement in 2015 only served to restart disputes between rich and poor countries that have blocked talks for decades. And with the negotiations to fail , the activists said they were losing hope that any agreement include drastic measures to protect the planet from the effects of global warming. "The agreement in Doha is a recipe for disaster. Agreement in Doha is a coffin for the planet, "said Michael Dorsey , a professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, speaking out of the negotiations. "We will see the failure to set emissions targets high enough.'ll see the failure to mobilize critical resources to countries outside the developed world in desperate need to get ahead of the deployment of the climate catastrophe that threatens the planet. " The negotiators were struggling to reach agreement on even modest points, including theway to raise the money to help low-income countries to meet the costs of global warming, and to complete the extension of an existing treaty covers only 15% of global emissions. Several developing nations also said they could not accept the wording of some paragraphs , highlighting the deep divisions that have haunted the talks since they began for two decades. A major disagreement has been the money. The poor nations , especially a coalition of island countries and African nations want firm commitments from the rich nations to increase aid to them would mean U.S. $ 100 billion annually by 2020 , a general request that was made for three years. However, the rich nations, including the United States, members of the European Union and Japan, do not want to commit to specific targets for now, citing the global financial turmoil and the pressures on their budgets. "We emphasize the need to have a goal for 2013-2015 in order to avoid a vacuum and ensure sufficient financial support for developing nations, "said the delegate of China, Su Wei , at the conference. Rich nations pledged in 2009 to provide financial assistance to long-term poor nations to change their way of generating energy, a cleaner, and to adapt to the growth of water levels and other impacts of global warming. Offered $ 10 billion annually between 2010 and 2012 in a rapid financing and promised that the amount would increase to U.S. $ 100 billion by 2020. But they would never specified how. The draft submitted urged developed nations to "make firm commitments to increase funding to combat climate change beyond 2012", but did not include any mid-term target. "It's a problem that some developed countries are skeptical when do more and say 'have made a pledge of $ 100 billion by 2020,''' said Norwegian Environment Minister Solhjell Baard.
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