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Nature 408, 503-504 (30 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35046227

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Deadlock in The Hague, but hopes remain for spring climate deal

David Dickson

Supporters of an international agreement to combat global warming are optimistic that more talks next spring could achieve a breakthrough on the role of carbon 'sinks' — the issue that last weekend sank the latest round of climate-change negotiations in The Hague.Disagreement centred on whether countries' carbon emissions should take account of the contribution of biomass — such as forests and farm crops — in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.