The climate summit that's more important than the G20

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The climate summit that's more important than the G20

12:10 31 March 2009 by Fred Pearce

All eyes are on London this week for the G20 summit. Will it come up with a plan to save the world economy? It won't, say UN climate negotiators in Germany – where this week's real business is happening – unless there is a plan in place to save the planet first.

"The financial crisis is the result of our living beyond our financial means. The climate crisis is a result of our http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/fred-pearce-senior-environment.html">living beyond our planet's needs," said the UN's chief climate negotiator, Yvo de Boer, en route to Bonn.

The London Summit includes climate change in its discussions of the financial crisis. However, it is not expected to produce more than a bland statement of environmental intent, perhaps including a promise to create "green jobs" as part of a package of measures to stimulate the global economy.

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All talk?

The 10-day http://unfccc.int/meetings/intersessional/bonn_09/items/4753.php">UN climate meeting that began in Bonn on Monday is the latest round of negotiations intended to reach a global agreement replacing the Kyoto protocol, to be concluded in http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127004.200-did-climate-conference-just-confuse-the-politicians.html">Copenhagen in December.

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