Norway seeks to slow deforestation as climate "first aid"
Norway seeks to slow deforestation as climate "first aid"
Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:42 GMT
Source: reuters // Reuters
* Norway to step up short-term fixes for global warming
* Says "first aid" needed before global deal kicks in
OSLO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Norway, which has led developed nations by investing billions of dollars to slow tropical deforestation, announced plans on Wednesday to step up its efforts as part of "first aid" to slow climate change.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, whose country is rich thanks to offshore oil and gas, said new measures to slow global warming were needed now because a new U.N.-led climate deal is due to be agreed only in 2015 and enter into force from 2020.
"In the meantime we must give the climate first aid," he told a news conference.
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