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UN climate panel on final stretch of key report
The UNâs top panel on climate change was sifting Friday through the final details of a report aimed at guiding policies on global warming for years to come, sources said
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he UN's top panel on climate change was siftingFriday through the final details of a report aimed at guiding policies onglobal warming for years to come, sources said.
Green organizations attending the Copenhagen meeting as observers said crafting of the landmark document was heading smoothly towards the finishing line. 'Things are progressing,' said Alden Meyer of the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
'The report is going to tell a fairly clear story' about climate change and options for tackling it, he told AFP by phone.
The document crowns a vast overview of the existing scientific evidence for global warming, predictions of its impacts, and solutions for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions which cause the problem. It is the final chapter in a massive report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- compiled by top scientists and approved by governments
