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EU pessimistic about Copenhagen climate change deal

Source: EU Observer
Copenhagen : Denmark | 23 days ago  
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  • Members of anti-poverty group Oxfam take part in a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat de Boer attends a news conference during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Members of the African Group board attend a news conference during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • File photo of U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Stern at a news conference in Cuernavaca
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  • Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Avaaz activists protest during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Brazil's President Lula da Silva talks during a meeting on Climate Change in Brasilia
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  • A Greenpeace activist displays a banner during a demonstration outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • An assistant works during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona
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  • Members of Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders shake hands outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Greenpeace activists hang banners on the Cristobal Colon statue during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks in Barcelona
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  • File photo of U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern speaking during a news conference in Cuernavaca
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  • Members of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders take part in a demonstration outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • View of the Fira Barcelona Gran Via, venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to Ben Margolis during the performance of "tck tck tck" by Global Campaign for Climate Action at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to Ben Margolis during a performance 'tck tck tck' of Global Campaign for Climate Action at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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Europe has given up hope that a binding global treaty on climate change can be achieved at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December. On Thursday (5 November), EU leaders and officials bluntly briefed reporters in Barcelona at the last series of international talks ahead of the summit that such...
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Posted By inamshah inamshah | 23 days ago
nice report!keep it up
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