Stern publishes post-Kyoto recommendations

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Influential economist outlines proposals for breaking negotiating deadlock

Lord Nicholas Stern has published a new report designed to help break the deadlock in international climate change negotiations and develop a carbon emission-reduction framework acceptable to both developed...

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