BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 3, 2009 Africans End U.N.
Climate chief Yvo de Boer attends a press conference after the opening session of the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
The walkout by some 50 African countries from committee work at the U.N. talks in Barcelona forced only some technical meetings to be canceled, but sent a clear signal that the developing countries would be tough negotiators at next month's final U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.