Stern upbeat over climate action (UK)

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6266665.stm

Economist Sir Nicholas Stern has told MPs he is encouraged by the progress being made around the world to tackle climate change.

India and China had to be persuaded to do more but the scientific arguments were gaining ground in the US.

And the EU had set more ambitious targets for carbon reduction than expected, he added.

Sir Nicholas suggested in a report last year that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%.

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