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Climate summit 2014which took place on september 23, 2014 in new york citywas a key opportunity to build momentum. List of books and articles about climate online research. What you need to know about the one planet climate summit devex. The book is strongly recommended to all who need to assess the significance of climatic change. Nov 05, 2017 the cop23 climate change summit in bonn and why it matters halting dangerous global warming means putting the landmark paris agreement into practice without the us and tackling the. A history is not a journal article, i highly recommend that participants in the journal club download the kindle edition for 10 bucks and start with the last chapter.
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