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So too were a number of other conditions that Europeans and others would have liked, such as a date for peak emissions.
ECONOMIST: Climate change after Copenhagen
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So from their point of view, asking rich nations to peak their emissions within a few years and halve them within five isn't unreasonable - especially, as another portion of the text says, that the problem of greenhouse warming has been on the radar for so long that rich countries could have peaked their emissions during the 1990s if they had wanted to.
BBC: Durban: Climate summit looks back and forward
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Mr Harvie called for a legally binding global treaty which made 2015 a global peak year for emissions and he said there was a need for support for low carbon development in poorer countries.
BBC: 'UN Climate Summit' debate 2