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'Danish Text' Sends Copenhagen Climate Summit Into Disarray

A proposal dubbed the "Danish Text" caused outrage and dissention when it was leaked to The Guardian during day two of the major climate summit taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week. The document -- in which the United States, United Kingdom, and Denmark were supposedly involved -- proposed shifting the authority behind climate regulation from the United Nations to the more financially minded World Bank, a plan that angered developing countries. Representatives of African non-government organizations burst into angry chants over the document on Tuesday afternoon, Politico reported. ...

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