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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people. ” —Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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These were the early fruits of an $800 billion investment in the travel sector, itself part of a much larger effort, Vision 2030 , to remake the kingdom and reduce its economic dependence on oil. I jogged through the sand to catch up. Citing the Maldives, he mentioned the kingdom’s plans to claim a share of the same high-end market.