U.N. climate change convention chief in Tokyo

U.N. climate change convention chief in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivers a speech in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2011. She urged Japan to play a constructive role at a climate meeting in Durban, South Africa, in terms of building emission reduction frameworks in 2013 and beyond. (Kyodo)

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