UN climate change chief: "If we continue at this rate, we won't make it"

James S Murray
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Yvo de Boer closes Bonn talks with stark warning that the current pace of the Copenhagen negotiations remains far too slow

Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, has today closed the latest round of talks in Bonn with the stark warning that a deal will not be reached at the Copenhagen meeting this December unless...

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