Prescott defends China in climate change row

The failure of nations attending the Copenhagen climate change talks to come up with a legally-binding global strategy to tackle global warming cannot be blamed on one country, it has been claimed.

In response to a Guardian article by Mark Lynas, in which he placed the blame for the failure firmly at China's door, MP John Prescott urged for a "more objective" look at the outcome of the climate change conference, which saw leaders and representatives from 138 countries meet in Denmark with the aim of coming up with an agreement to replace the existing Kyoto protocol.

Mr Prescott wrote to the Guardian and said that as the world's two biggest polluters, more focus needs to be put on the relationship between the US and China.

He urged people to stop laying blame on certain countries - and also noted that the current Kyoto agreement is not legally binding either.

"The challenge for all parties is now to stop pointing fingers and focus on turning the accord at Bonn and Mexico into the global climate change agreement we desperately need," Mr Prescott said.

Written by Zara Hassan.

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