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UN prepares ‘shock therapy’ to convert world leaders into radical advocates for the environment

UN prepares ‘shock therapy’ to convert world leaders into radical advocates for the environment

In the countdown to the much-awaited and carefully-prepared for climate summit to be held in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, ‘the United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is now widely acknowledged, [...]