The deep oceans are a fragile final frontier, largely unknown and untouched but mining companies and governments — other than those in Africa — are eying its mineral riches
Yet plans are underway to import more plastic waste into the country and it has not signed global plastics treaty
Environmental NGOs have lambasted ministers at COP17, saying that governments were creating theatre out of the climate talks.
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/ 29 November 2011
International climate negotiators were at odds on how to raise billions of dollars for the new green climate fund, on the second day of COP17.