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Hogue, Cheryl
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *INTERNATIONAL cooperation on climate change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GREENHOUSE effect & the environment ,UNITED Nations - Abstract
Information on the United Nations Summit on Climate Change on September 22, 2009 is presented. It features two of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, the U.S. and China, where each country presidents voiced support on a new climate-change treaty. President Hu Jintao of China pledged that they will cut their carbon dioxide intensity by 2020. Moreover, U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed their commitment to tackle climate change in the Copenhagen talks in December 2009.
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- 2009
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