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The Copenhagen climate-change conference: Searching for harmony

Dec. 7, 2009
Will the Copenhagen climate conference end with a deal on carbon emissions?DELEGATES turning up to the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change—known as the Copenhagen conference—face a fortnight of negotiation, beginning on Monday...
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