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Published online 4 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070430-11

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Tackling greenhouse gases looks to be affordable

International report sets out costs of bringing down global emissions.

Bringing greenhouse gas emissions under control looks to be both achievable and affordable, on the basis of the most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Today marks the end of an often fraught week of talks by the IPCC's Working Group III, which evaluates strategies to counter the rising levels of greenhouse emissions.

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