Poor countries 'need carbon cuts'

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Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 18:26 GMT,
Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Poor countries 'need carbon cuts'
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News, Poznan, Poland

People in developing countries will need to make big
cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if "dangerous"
climate change is to be avoided, a report warns.

Researchers at the Third World Network calculate
that even if rich nations make deep cuts, the
developing world will face per-capita reductions
of 60%.

It suggests this would pose challenges to these
countries' development.

Meanwhile, another report warns that current
proposals for cutting developed world emissions do
not go far enough.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7773799.stm

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1. Interesting

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2. Gosh ...

... you mean that it's a WHOLE WORLD issue after all?

Well, well, well ...