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We must reach peak carbon emissions by 2020, says former UN climate chief

Steam rises at sunset from the cooling towers of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power station at Nogent-Sur-Seine, France, November 13, 2015. The nuclear industry argues world leaders at the COP21 conference in Paris next week should not have to choose between nuclear and renewables but between low-carbon energy, including nuclear, and fossil fuels. Paris will host the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) from November 30 to December 11. Picture taken November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX1VT31

Greenhouse gas emissions must begin a rapid decline by 2020, says Christiana Figueres Image: REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Simon Torkington
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