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Stern warning: Legally-binding climate deal 'not necessary'

2014-12-08 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: A legally-binding international treaty may not be the best way to tackle climate change. Leading economist Lord Nicholas Stern said that a commitment to sustainable development was more important than a binding deal that "lacked credibility". He was speaking in Lima, Peru, where negotiators from 194 countries are heading into a second week of UN talks. They hope to agree a text that would form the basis of new global compact, to be signed in Paris next year. Many developing countries...

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