Adianto P. Simamora
THE JAKARTA POST/JAKARTA

With just six weeks to go until the Copenhagen climate change conference, hopes to reach a historic deal remain slim with the State Minister for the Environment Gusti Muhammad Hatta saying that each country would remain stubborn.

Gusti warned the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen in December would probably fail to reach a broader global pact to address climate change, largely because various parties would not compromise.

""It seems to me that Copenhagen will not be a success. Each party is maintaining its position very strong-
ly,"" Gusti was quoted as saying by Reuters.His statement comes as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is trying hard to push world leaders to reach a consensus on climate change.

Indonesia has been dubbed as a climate change hero thanks to Yud-hoyonos promise to voluntarily cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 using the state budget

Yudhoyono also pledged that Indonesia could slash its emissions by up to 41 percent from the energy and forestn sectors should rich nations provide financial assistance.

Indonesia is the first developing nation that has officially declared its commitment to cut emissions amid slow progress made by rich nations.Last week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised Yudhoyono and Indonesias dealing of climate change issues.

Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said Yudhoyono had asked, including minister Gusti, Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi, and Agriculture Minister Suswono, to prepare a paper on climate change for negotiations in Copenhagen scheduled for Dec. 8-17.

Top UN officials are also express-ing similar pessimism about the likelihood of a new deal.Executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, said it was ""unrealistic"" to expect a treaty to be negotiated just weeks before Copenhagen.

Negotiators from 190 countries will gather in Barcelona, Spain, from Nov. 2 to 6 to try to resolve a stalemate on emission targets after 2012, when the commitment to the Kyoto Protocol expires.

At the Bangkok meeting last month, rich nations proposed papers trying to abolish the Kyoto Protocol to avoid legally binding targets.Indonesias delegate in Barcelona will be headed by Rachmat Witoelar, executive chairman of the National Council on Climate Change.

Indonesias chief negotiator, Try Tharyat, admitted obstacles in reaching new agreements existed because differences in negotiations were no longer exclusively between rich and developing countries, but also among developing nations.

However, the director of climate and energy at Indonesias WWF, Fitrian Adriansyah, was optimistic the Barcelona meeting would be positive.