Climate talks reach accord

Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Xie Zhenhua (L), vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, and Todd Stern (R), U.S. climate talks envoy, are pictured at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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