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Copenhagen climate deadlock wrapped up as emissions deal

The Times/UK, Dec 19, 2009

Ben Webster, Sam Coates and Philippe Naughton in Copenhagen
The United Nations climate change summit ended last night without setting any emission reduction targets.

President Obama forged a non-binding agreement with his counterparts in China, India, Brazil and South Africa but it was unclear whether all 192 countries would accept the compromise text.

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2 Responses to “Copenhagen climate deadlock wrapped up as emissions deal”

  1. Chris Lawrence's avatar canadaguy Says:
    December 19, 2009 at 3:21 pm | Reply

    Copenhagen has failed. The UN has failed to address the most important crisis in human history. This is now the time for sanctions, boycotts and embargoes. A new alliance is needed. An alliance of hope and peace and justice must be built to oppose the axis of pollution, extinction and self destruction.

    http://www.selfdestructivebastards.com/2009/12/beyond-copenhagen.html

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  2. euandus2's avatar euandus2 Says:
    December 19, 2009 at 6:39 pm | Reply

    As per http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/national-sovereignty-and-climate-change-at-copenhagen/ , the less than stellar result of the UN conference on climate change can be seen to point to the antiquated absolutist approach to national sovereignty in the wake of the technological changes of the 20th century.

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