'Recklessly slow' climate talks as greenhouse gases hit new high

Independent: Ministers from nearly 200 countries beginning talks on a new global warming treaty have been warned that progress in dealing with climate change is "recklessly slow". Lord Stern, the British economist who wrote the key report on the financial implications of climate change in 2006, says in a study released tomorrow that the world is on course for "immense risks" from the rate at which greenhouse gases are being emitted. His report is aimed at the negotiators at the UN climate conference in...

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