Pessimism and deadlock dominate as Bonn climate talks kick off

James S Murray
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UN's top climate change official warns negotiators are running out of time to resolve rows over targets and clean tech financing

The latest round of UN climate change talks kicked off in Bonn, Germany today, as UN officials voiced growing pessimism that the negotiations to agree a successor to the Kyoto Treaty at a meeting in Copenhagen...

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