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The prospect of the shortfalls led on Wednesday to calls by international climate officials to consider stiffening European targets.

The prospect of a shortfall of permits led international climate officials on Wednesday to call for possible stiffer targets for Europe.

Stated forcefully by China's chief climate officials, the comments reemphasized the challenge facing negotiators in Cancun as they try to reconcile the positions of the two camps.

In releasing its latest figure on emissions last month, United Nations climate officials cited agriculture and transportation as the two sectors that remained most "problematic".

European Union climate officials say it is vital to regulate greenhouse gases from aviation because the sector is growing so quickly.

The Obama team held dozens of bilateral meeting here with climate officials from other countries, Mr. Pershing said, contributing to a generally positive atmosphere that a climate agreement could be reached by the U.N.'s December deadline, in Copenhagen.

But the UN's top climate official called for action, not words.

Christiana Figueres, the UN's leading climate official, said: "We have seen essential progress.

The ties were further cemented when Gao Guangsheng, the leading climate official, attended Schwarzenegger's global meeting on climate in November last year.

The United Nations' top climate official, Christiana Figueres, called on countries to step up their efforts to reach an agreement.

Europe's top climate official, Stavros Dimas, said that the EU should contribute between €2bn and €15bn of the total.