Durban blog: EU gunning for Kyoto extension

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Jane Burston hears Chris Huhne reiterate there will second Kyoto period without a roadmap to a legally-binding deal in 2015

The ‘high level' negotiations in Durban are well under way. Ministers and UN officials can be seen occasionally striding about the place like celebrities, followed by clicking cameras and the occasional...

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