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CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 06 December 2011
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- COP 17 update and Dispatches from Durban
- Climate sensitivity – the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Is sustainability science really a science?
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