Emerging giants and small islands crank up pressure at Poznan

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China, India, Brazil and coalition of island states all warn that emission targets proposed by industrialised countries do not go far enough

Developing economies have upped the pressure on the developed world to agree to deeper emission reduction targets at the UN's climate change talks in Poznan, Poland this week, claiming that current proposals...

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