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Published 11/03/2009 by France24 - Africa

EU presses China and US to act on climate

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, urged Tuesday the United States and China to undertake more efforts to fight climate change.

"My message to President Obama as well as to the (American) Senate and Congress is: we need to prioritise climate,...

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