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May 15, 2012
Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets
Bonn (AFP) May 14, 2012
A new round of global climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of planet warming. As UN climate chief Christiana Figueres urged all states to turn political pledges into concrete action to save the planet, observers and developing states insisted the rich world should commit to tougher reduction goals. Figueres cited new research which predicted Earth's temperature rising by as much as five degrees Cel ... read more

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