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June 11, 2010

Report: Wealthy Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Climate Deal
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The Senate vote came as climate negotiators are meeting in Bonn to
negotiate a new global climate deal. The Guardian newspaper reports the
deal is being written in a way that many wealthy countries may actually
be able to increase their carbon emissions by up to eight percent above
1990 levels if they take advantage of a series of major loopholes in
their pledges. The new UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has openly
admitted the pledges made by wealthy countries are not sufficient to
meet the two-degree centigrade pledge made in Copenhagen.



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