Europeans angry after Bush climate speech 'charade'

· US isolated as China and India refuse to back policy
· President claims he can lead world on emissions

Ewen MacAskill in Washington
The Guardian Saturday September 29 2007
George Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found himself isolated yesterday after a special conference on climate change ended without any progress.

European ministers, diplomats and officials attending the Washington conference were scathing, particularly in private, over Mr Bush's failure once again to commit to binding action on climate change.