US signals desire to axe global two degree climate goal

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Climate change envoy Todd Stern makes case for a more 'flexible' global treaty that ditches the binding target to limit average temperature rises to two degrees

International negotiations to agree a new global climate change treaty should ditch previous commitments to limit warming to two degrees centigrade in favour of a more "flexible" legal agreement, according...

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