Denmark, not China, is to blame for the failure of Copenhagen Climate Summit, according to a recent article published in the UK's Guardian newspaper.

The story was written in response to a previous article in the paper by journalist Mark Lynas who made a scathing attack on China, blaming Beijing for "hijacking" the conference.

The new article was penned by Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre, a research centre of 51 developing countries, based in Geneva. He argues that the hijack was actually organized by the host government Denmark, whose prime minister convened a meeting of 26 leaders in the last two days of the conference.

Khor says Denmark's move was an attempt to override the painstaking negotiations taking place among 193 countries throughout the two weeks and, indeed, the past several years.

The selected leaders were given a draft Danish document that mainly represented the developed countries' positions, thereby marginalizing the developing countries' views tabled during the ongoing negotiations.

The writer says the unwise attempt by the Danish presidency to impose a non-legitimate meeting to override the legitimate multilateral process was the reason Copenhagen will be considered a disaster.