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World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal

An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

BARCELONA, Spain - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

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  1. Governments can deliver a strong deal in Copenhagen
    – Yvo de Boer SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor 3 weeks ago
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  3. I believe for example that grandstanding ... like walking out of meetings like African delegations did in Barcelona just doesn't help. You cannot just run away from this problem
    Raila Odinga – Raila Odinga SOURCE: EcoEarth News 3 weeks ago
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