Copenhagen. Poor countries and those seeking money from the developed world to preserve their forests were among those upset by a draft text attributed to Denmark outlining proposed outcomes for the historic summit in Copenhagen this month.

According to the leaked Danish draft proposal, industrialized countries would be allowed to reduce their emissions targets while poorer nations would face tougher limits on greenhouse gases and more conditions on money available to adapt.

Indonesian nongovernmental organizations slammed Denmark as the host of the UN Climate Change Conference for preparing a draft “Copenhagen Accord” before hearing what developing countries had to say.

“The Copenhagen Accord draft systematically ignores the interests of developing countries on key issues, and bluntly pictures only the position of Denmark and other industrialized nations,” Luluk Uliyah, an activist from the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam), said in an e-mail on Wednesday.

Luluk said the release of the draft document showed that industrialized countries were manipulating the negotiation process and coming to premature conclusions.

Climate Justice Now, an international civil society group engaged in climate-change issues, and the Indonesian Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice, have organized a petition to protest against the Danish government’s actions. Denmark is the host and the president of the 15th Conference of the Parties plenary session, or COP 15, for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change being held in Copenhagen from Dec. 7 to 18.

The open letter of protest was sent to Denmark’s prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

“The Indonesian delegation should have protested the COP 15 leadership, which has threatened developing states like Indonesia. We will be ignored in the negotiations,” said Giorgio Budi Indarto, coordinator for ICSF for Climate Justice. Some of the poorest nations at the conference fear too much of the burden to curb greenhouse gases is being hoisted onto their shoulders.

They are seeking billions of dollars in aid from wealthy countries to deal with climate change, which raises sea levels and threatens global food production.

Diplomats from developing countries and climate activists complained that the Danish hosts preempted the negotiations with their draft proposal.

AP, Antara