Greenhouse talks to resume

Top Government officials from the United States and the European Union meet in Canada tomorrow to try to salvage a deal on curbing global warming.

The two-day meeting will be the first between the two sides since United Nations-sponsored talks to set a global plan on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions collapsed spectacularly at The Hague last month.

The EU had accused the US and its negotiating allies, including Japan and Canada, of trying to undermine the targets set in a 1997 climate pact agreed in Kyoto.

If the Ottawa session brings the two sides closer, it could pave the way for a ministerial-level meeting in Oslo early next week.