Director of the Global campaign for the climate action, Ben Margolis, left, gives a clock to Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer during the Climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. Climate activists gathered in the Spanish city to ring 1,000 alarm clocks in front of the conference venue to remind delegates that time is "running out" for a deal. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

Director of the Global campaign for the climate action, Ben Margolis, left, gives a clock to Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer during the Climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. Climate activists gathered in the Spanish city to ring 1,000 alarm clocks in front of the conference venue to remind delegates that time is "running out" for a deal.

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  10. Host of the Pre-COP conference, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, left, and Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC hold a press conference at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium, in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Environment ministers from around the world are meeting in Copenhagen (16-17 November) to set the agenda for the UN climate talks in December.
  11. Host of the Pre-COP conference, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, left, and Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC hold a press conference at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium, in Copenhagen, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Environment ministers from around the world are meeting in Copenhagen (16-17 November) to set the agenda for the UN climate talks in December.
  12. Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document.
  13. Director of the Global campaign for the climate action, Ben Margolis, third left, gives a clock to Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer, second left, during a Climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. Climate activists gathered in the Spanish city to ring 1,000 alarm clocks in front of the conference venue to remind delegates that time is "running out" for a deal.
  14. Director of the Global campaign for the climate action, Ben Margolis, left, gives a clock to Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer during the Climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Barcelona is host the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. Climate activists gathered in the Spanish city to ring 1,000 alarm clocks in front of the conference venue to remind delegates that time is "running out" for a deal.
  15. India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao speaks with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer at the Delhi High Level Conference on Climate Change Technology Development and Transfer in New Delhi on October 22, 2009. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the two-day conference with the Maldives president as guest of honour.
  16. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer attends the Delhi High Level Conference on Climate Change Technology Development and Transfer in New Delhi on October 22, 2009. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the two-day conference with the Maldives president as guest of honour.

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