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When Barack Obama, US president, decided late last week to attend the final stages of the fortnight-long United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, which begins on Monday, the gasp of relief from delegates heading to the Danish capital was almost audible.

Book cover of 'The Economics and Politics of Climate Change' edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron HepburnThe Economics and Politics of Climate Change
Edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn
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The United Nations scheme was agreed under the 1997 Kyoto protocol as a key part of the overall strategy to fight global warming. It awards tradeable carbon credits to projects that reduce developing countries' greenhouse gas emissions - such as wind farms.

The UN body in charge of managing carbon trading has suspended approvals for dozens of Chinese wind farms amid questions over China's use of industrial policy to obtain money under the scheme.

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United Nations: With over 1 billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to

Lamenting the fact that developed countries were shying away from their responsibilities in tackling climate change, Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna has said the

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Pranab MukherjeeThe issue of hiking contribution in the United Nations