China on Wednesday protested an attempt by the Danish presidency of the Copenhagen climate talks to put forward draft outcome texts without consulting other parties.
"This is a party-driven process. You can't just put forward some texts from the sky," China's chief negotiator Su Wei said at the conference after an announcement by the Danish presidency on the draft texts.
It has been agreed that the only legitimate basis for discussion on the outcome of the Copenhagen talks will be the outcome of the work by the two major working groups of the conference, Su said.
The move by the Danish presidency "would very much endanger the successful outcome in Copenhagen."
The move also drew the criticism of India, Brazil and other developing nations, as well as some non-governmental organizations.
Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, accused the Danish prime minister of trying to "derail the UN negotiations in favor of rich countries."
"The Danish prime minister is trying to push an illegitimate process which is opposed by many developing countries as well as civil society. This Danish initiative, which is not transparent, must be abandoned and the legitimate UN process restored," Lars Haltbrekken of the group said.
A leaked Danish draft text that emerged in the first week of the talks also caused uproar in the developing world, which viewed the draft for
setting sensitive limits and weak targets for developed nations.
Many countries are demanding a legally binding climate treaty be reached in Copenhagen, but divisions between developed and developing
nations, mainly over emissions reduction and financing, were eroding chances of such a deal.
World leaders are arriving in Copenhagen to endorse efforts to reach a deal as the conference moved into the final segment.