Can world leaders reach agreement on a deal to cut carbon emissions?
by John Vidal in Paris from on (#W59G)
There has been a clampdown on demonstrations in the French capital, but UN bodies, international charities and academics are urging governments to act boldly
Has the moment of truth arrived? A traumatised Paris will be in lockdown this week as more than 140 world leaders, including Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China, fly into the city for the start of two weeks of climate change negotiations that the UN hopes will lead to a historic new global deal to reduce carbon emissions.
No demonstrations will be allowed in France but hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march on Sunday in Britain, Australia, the US, South Africa, Brazil and mainland Europe.
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