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Merkel Issues Warning on ‘Real, Dangerous’ Climate Change

  • German chancellor comments in New Year’s address in Berlin
  • Pledges Germany will do its part in tackling global warming
Angela Merkel on Dec. 30.Photographer: Christian Marquardt/Pool/Getty Images
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Chancellor Angela Merkel called global warming “real” and “dangerous” in her New Year’s address, saying she will do everything in her power to ensure Germany makes a meaningful contribution to tackling it.

“Our children and grandchildren are the ones who will have to live with the consequences of what we do, or fail to do, today,” Merkel said in the written version of a televised address to be broadcast on Tuesday.