Europe will have 'climate refugees tomorrow' without ambitious Paris deal, warns Juncker

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European Commission President becomes latest to use migrant crisis to underscore need for urgent action on climate change

Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, has called for the world to sign an ambitious deal to tackle climate change this year, and warned rising temperatures could worsen the migrant crisis...

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