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Russian stance a potential block to climate deal
2013-06-15 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It was a historic moment in UN climate talks: with most countries in favour and only a group of OPEC members objecting, the German environment minister chairing the conference banged down her gavel to launch negotiations on a treaty to fight global warming. The year was 1995, the minister was Angela Merkel, now chancellor, and the outcome after two years of talks was the Kyoto Protocol, a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by developed nations. Merkel was exploiting United Nations rules...
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