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Copenhagen: 2000-2009 was warmest decade on record

This decade has very likely been the warmest on record, with 2009 probably one of the warmest years, the UN weather agency announced at the second day of the 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen.

Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organisation also said we needed to slash carbon emissions to prevent the Earth's temperature from rising by two degrees Centigrade.

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