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Published 11/03/2009 by FT.com - International economy


UN chief damps treaty hopes

A new international climate change treaty is very unlikely to be signed at the Copenhagen talks next month, Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, signalled, saying people had to be 'realistic' about what could be achieved

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