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Governments should use public money aimed at deflecting the threat of recession to spur savings by backing energy efficiency too, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, said.
UNEP is hosting 154-nation climate change talks this week in Monaco aimed at show-casing the need for government investment in the fight against climate change.
It is the biggest climate meeting since nearly 200 countries agreed in December in Bali, Indonesia, to launch talks on a new pact to fight global warming to succeed or extend the Kyoto Protocol after 2012.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Spend money to aid economy on climate -UN official
