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Article: By: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg; Speech at Point Carbon conference 2008;"Carbon Market Insights" - Copenhagen.
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- March 12, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 March 2008-Norwegian Government: By: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg; Speech at Point Carbon conference 2008;"Carbon Market Insights" - Copenhagen(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
This year, I have visited all three poles - the Arctic, the Antarctic and the Himalayas. I have been struck by the magnificence and the strong forces of nature in these remote parts of the world. But I have also been alarmed by the potential consequences of climate change.
In the Arctic, climate change is taking place twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Over the past few years, the ...