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• BBC News: Politicians sign new climate pact -- Feb. 16, 2007
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• Cropley, Ed. "'Kyoto II' climate talks open in Bangkok." Reuters. March 31, 2008. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK311250.htm
• Haag, Amanda Leigh. "Post-Kyoto pact: shaping the successor." Nature. June 7, 2007. http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0706/full/climate.2007.12.html
• "Politicians sign new climate pact." BBC News. Feb. 16, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6364663.stm

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