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SecularMotion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-09-10 04:43 PM
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China and India Join Climate Accord
Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up.

The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, submitted letters to the United Nations agreeing to be included on a list of countries covered by the Copenhagen Accord, a three-page nonbinding statement reached at the end of the contentious and chaotic 10-day conference.

China and India join nearly 200 countries that have signed up under the accord, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, beyond pre-industrial levels.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/science/earth/10climate.html?hp
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