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Asia must lead on climate change
2014-07-03 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangkok Post: For decades, Asian leaders largely ignored climate change. It's a Western problem, we said. They caused the problem by dumping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere; let them clean it up. Instead, we Asian leaders focused on reducing poverty by growing our economies. We were not responsible for the pollution, we argued; so we should not have to pay for it. Yes, Asia's industrialisation was quietly building up toxic stores of carbon, but we were only following the rich world's prescription for...
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