New Scientist: The Kyoto protocol expires within weeks and a successor is still being argued over. So it's good that negotiators at the United Nations climate summit in Doha, Qatar, have almost finalised a deal which could extend the treaty out to 2020. Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), announced the deal just after 1 pm Qatar time, declaring it "an enormous victory". What has actually been achieved, and what will it mean? New...
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