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MEPs were won over by Ms Hedegaard's presentation (Photo: Jakob Dall)

Hedegaard: EU must speak with one voice on climate

by Leigh Phillips, Brussels,

Europe risks again being sidelined, as in the final hours of the UN climate talks in December, unless the bloc speaks with one voice at future talks, the incoming climate commissioner warned on Friday (15 January).

"There are very important lessons from Copenhagen. In the last hours, China, India, Russia, Japan each spoke with one voice, while Europe spoke with many different voices," Denmark's Connie Hedegaard, the presumptive new 'climate action' chief, told MEPs during her job hearin...

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MEPs were won over by Ms Hedegaard's presentation (Photo: Jakob Dall)

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