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Germany to Push for Deeper Emissions Cuts - Minister

by Georgia | November 30, 2005

Berlin, Germany - Germany's new government said on Monday it will push for an agreement setting out bigger reductions in emissions to take effect when the first period of the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.

In a statement coinciding with the opening of a UN conference in Montreal that aims to map what to do about global warming beyond 2012, Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Germany wanted Kyoto to form the basis of any future accord.

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