Confirmation any Copenhagen climate pact non-binding

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Updated November 17, 2009 09:41:52

The Danish Prime Minister, Lars Rasmussen, has confirmed there will be no legally-binding climate pact signed by world leaders in Copenhagen next month. The Copenhagen summit now hopes to achieve a political deal in which nations agree to "embrace" emissions reductions - conditional upon other nations adopting and meeting their own targets.

Presenter: Fran Kelly
Speaker: Erwin Jackson, Research and Policy Director at The Climate Institute in Australia

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