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G8 leaders agree two degrees climate goal

ENDS Europe
Wednesday 8 July 2009
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Leaders of the world's eight leading industrialised nations meeting in Italy on Wednesday agreed a goal to limit global temperature rises to two degrees Celsius. This is the first time scientists' recommendations are endorsed at such a high political level.

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