Fiddling with words as the world melts

Dec 18th 2008 | BRUSSELS
From The Economist print edition

Global consensus on cooling the planet looks maddeningly elusive—but individual states and regional blocks may be stepping into the breach

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IMAGINE that some huge rocky projectile, big enough to destroy most forms of life, was hurtling towards the earth, and it seemed that deep international co-operation offered the only hope of deflecting the lethal object. Presumably, the nations of the world would set aside all jealousies and ideological hangups, knowing that failure to act together meant doom for all.

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