Last Day of Global Warming Talks in Paris

February 1, 2007 Last Day of Global Warming Talks in Paris (AP)

FILE - Dominique Voynet of the Green Party takes part to a television debate in Paris in this June 1, 2004 file photo. With environmental issues commanding unprecedented attention in France's presidential campaign, and an increasing sense of worldwide urgency over climate change, contenders from across the political spectrum are scrambling to beef up their ecological credentials ahead of the April-May vote. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

(AP) -- Running well behind schedule, top global warming experts huddled Thursday for a last day of talks with bureaucrats from more than 100 countries on a closely watched report that could influence government and business policy worldwide.

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