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Mon 12 Dec 2009Climate talks enter second week
UN negotiations on a new climate deal entered a second week this morning as pressure mounted on world leaders to come up with a political agreement that heads of state and government can sign up to.
Minister for the Environment John Gormley, who flew in last night to represent Ireland in advance of the arrival of Taoiseach Brian Cowen in Copenhagen on Thursday, said political leaders "would be judged by future generations on the outcome of the meeting".
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