Airlines agree to curb their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020

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International Air Transport Association resolution calls on world governments to agree measures to manage carbon dioxide

International airlines have agreed for the first time to global curbs on their greenhouse gas emissions - but fell well short of the measures to combat climate change that green campaigners had demanded....

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