"Fighting and winning the war on climate change is not only an economic opportunity, it is also a moral and ethical issue," he adds. "Let's change course. Let's have the guts, let's have the oomph and the leadership to do that."
Pick the low-hanging fruit and reverse perverse oil subisidies
Climate change mitigation will be the elephant in the room at COP16, where money for low-carbon investment is a must, says José Maria Figueres, a former president of Costa Rica.
2 December 2010 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 15:13 GMT