Getting past the public-private divide may be COP15's most enduring achievement

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Copenhagen may have failed to deliver a binding deal, but it is rapidly emerging that the absence of an international climate change treaty will not derail the private sector's low-carbon ambitions

The hand-wringing over the failure to reach consensus on targets and timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at December's United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen may continue for some...

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