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Eugene

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Mon Dec 1, 2014, 06:42 AM Dec 2014

UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records

Source: BBC

1 December 2014 Last updated at 03:12 GMT

UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records

By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent, BBC News

UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement.

One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015's end.

The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China.

The two weeks of discussions start amid record-breaking global temperatures for the year to date.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30225511

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