The world's future is being decided this weekend///The Guardian

by Nicholas Stern The Observer, Sunday 18 October 2009

We must agree to halt deforestation and curtail air travel now if the Copenhagen summit is to succeed

Energy and environment ministers from the world's major economies are meeting in London today to try to accelerate crucial negotiations over an international treaty on climate change.

Strong progress has been made in the past few weeks, with Japan, for example, announcing that it will cut its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 25% by 2020 relative to levels in 1990.

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