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Warming towards a new Kyoto

Focus: World leaders have set a target to stabilise carbon dioxide levels. But, finds James Morgan, even that could be catastrophic.

Focus

The decision could not have come at a better time. On the day scientists said carbon dioxide levels had reached a new record high, world leaders have laid plans for a new global agreement on climate change to succeed the Kyoto protocol.