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Cancun Climate Talks a Failure in Disguise

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Dec 14, 2010
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Hundreds of sleep-deprived delegates from 192 nations gave themselves a standing ovation at 3:30 on Saturday morning after days of intensive negotiations over United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Cancun, Mexico.

But in reality, the agreements were watered-down, toothless texts that defer all major decisions to next year and seek to provide a smokesc…

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