Lima Summit: Late deal paves way for global round of national climate action

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Tense negotiations end with roadmap to next year's crucial climate summit in Paris, but campaigners warn it does not go far enough

The world's leading economies have said they will publish detailed climate action plans early next year, after the Lima Summit finally delivered an agreement that could for the first time commit every...

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