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The climate summit in Paris will feature a lot of hot air

Rising carbon emissions are not a sign of western excess, but the result of the huge reduction in world poverty

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

7 November 2015

9:00 AM

The delegates who will gather for the star-studded Paris climate summit include celebrities, presidents and perhaps even the Pope. Among other things, they will be asked to consider the formation of an ‘International Tribunal of Climate Justice’, which developed countries would be hauled before for breaching agreed limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

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