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UN negotiators ditch climate-friendly agriculture plan
2013-11-19 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Controversy has dogged the UN climate talks this week. Japan downgraded its 2020 target for emissions cuts from 25 per cent below 2005 levels to 3.8 per cent below; a newly belligerent Australia has refused to help fund adaptation measures in developing countries; and the Polish hosts were pilloried for their ongoing support of coal. But the biggest disappointment so far from the meeting in Warsaw, was the abandonment of talks on how to cut emissions from agriculture - the sector responsible for...
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