Negotiations have resumed at the Copenhagen climate summit following Monday’s walkout by developing countries. The African-led protest centered around concerns richer nations are trying to “kill” the Kyoto Protocol by merging it with a separate negotiating track. Kamel Djemouai, the chair of the African bloc, said poorer countries would never accept the abandonment of Kyoto.

Kamel Djemouai: “The Kyoto Protocol took seven years to enter into force. The next treaty, I’m sure that it will take more than that, even if there will be a political will, because this process missed and lost all confidence and the main transparency in it from the most developing countries.”

The dispute was resolved with an agreement to resume informal talks along separate tracks.