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U.S. says rich nations likely to miss carbon targets, but may come close.

May 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

At a meeting in Oslow, the top U.S. climate envoy said rich nations as a group are unlikely to reach the deep 2020 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions urged by developing nations as part of a new U.N. climate treaty

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The Nobel Laureate Symposium Series on Global Sustainability Urges Action on Climate

May 30, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The St James’s Palace Memorandum calls for a global deal on climate change that matches the scale and urgency of the human, ecological and economic crises facing the world today. It urges governments at all levels, as well as the scientific community, to join with business and civil society to seize hold of this historic opportunity to transform our carbon-intensive economies into sustainable and equitable systems.

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