55 countries send UN their carbon-curbing plans

The Copenhagen Accord is widely seen as a slow road to carbon curbs

Fifty-five countries have submitted pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN climate convention.

Governments were asked to do so before 31 January by the "Copenhagen Accord", the document produced at December's UN climate summit in the Danish capital.

In some cases the pledges are weaker than those made before the summit.

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