STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's prime minister says it's not possible to get a legally binding climate pact at a key U.N. summit next month.
Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the European Union presidency, lowered expectations Wednesday for the Copenhagen talks after a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday.
Reinfeldt tells Swedish Radio that "a legally binding agreement, like we have advocated in Europe, it's simply not possible to deliver, because they won't be able to take that type of decision in, for example, the U.S."
U.N. officials have also scaled back expectations for the Copenhagen summit, saying it likely won't produce a treaty with firm limits on greenhouse emissions, but an agreement on principles.
