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...negotiated at U.N. talks in Copenhagen on December 7-18. They were joined in their discussions on Friday by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the presidents of Denmark and France. Nearly half of the Commonwealth's members are small...

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UN pushes electricity, fuels lack in climate talks UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Development officials say almost half the world's population lacks modern fuels to cook or heat or any electricity, and insist negotiators must address that "energy...

In this article: Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen, Coal, Natural gas, Climate change, Carbon dioxide, and Propane

...invites 191 leaders to UN climate talks COPENHAGEN Denmark sent invitations Thursday to 191 world leaders to attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, officials said. The invitations, signed by Danish Prime Minister...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.

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Offers to tackle carbon pollution from China and the United States, the world's two top emitters, are key to the success of the U.N.-led talks, which originally aimed to seal a new framework to fight climate change. The...

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