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Tue 06 Jun 2010Bonn climate change talks aim to pick up the pieces from Copenhagen
A FRESH round of UN climate change talks got under way in Bonn yesterday in an effort to pick up the pieces after last December’s summit in Copenhagen and pave the way for firmer action.
“The Copenhagen meeting may have postponed an outcome for at least a year, but it did not postpone the impacts of climate change,” said the UN’s top climate official, Yvo de Boer, who is stepping down on July 1st to become “global adviser” to KPMG consultants.
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