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Even if there is some agreement at Copenhagen, it's not going to stop global warming. As The Observer reports that an internal United Nations document shows that even if the emission cuts offered at Copenhagen are taken up, it would still result in temperatures increasing regardless, resulting in more flooding and hunger.

That means any agreement at Copenhagen will have to be just a start. More work will need to be done. And, unfortunately, that will mean more summits.

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