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The secretive trade agreements could scupper climate change action
2015-11-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: While all the focus and hope for tackling climate change is on COP 21 in Paris, starting today, secretive global trade deals are already negating any commitments that might be made at the summit. The texts from the various trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), make it clear that they will increase production, trade and consumption of fossil fuels. What we know of the EU trade deals with Canada (Ceta Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) and the US (TTIP ...
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