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Article: The disappearing deal.
- Article from:
- The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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BY: DR RAJENDRA K. PACHAURI November 4 (THE NATION): This December, representatives from around the world will meet in Copenhagen under UN auspices to hammer out a new agreement for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and taking other measures to tackle climate change. The deal is expected to include a commitment by developed countries to pay for measures in developing states to adapt to the impact of climate change and to cut emissions, as well as providing them with easy access to clean technologies. If there is a deal, that is. In recent months, the prospects that states will actually agree to anything in Copenhagen are starting to look worse and worse. Although the Obama ...