Hague urges diplomats to "up our game" on climate change

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Speech to key UN council calls on diplomats to stick with international climate change talks

Foreign secretary William Hague has today made an impassioned plea to the UN for foreign policy circles to play a more constructive role in shaping the global response to climate change. In his first...

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