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Brazil's former environment minister Marina Silva talks during a meeting with Brazilian businessmen in Sao Paulo October 29, 2009. Silva, an internationally renowned defender of the Amazon rainforest, is considering running for the Green Party for Presidential elections in 2010. Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

Brazil's former environment minister Marina Silva talks during a meeting with Brazilian businessmen in Sao Paulo October 29, 2009. Silva, an internationally renowned defender of the Amazon rainforest, is considering running for the Green Party for Presidential elections in 2010.

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  3. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  4. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  5. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  6. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
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  8. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer gestures as he addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
  9. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  10. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  11. Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009. Carlgren said on Monday the European Union (EU) was "still pushing" developed countries to adopt a broad interim accord at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen.
  12. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  13. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  14. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  15. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  16. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  17. Two-year-old Jessica Fletcher kisses a fibreglass penguin representing Beatle John Lennon at the Pier Head in Liverpool, northern England, November 23, 2009. The Beatles penguins are part of a public art exhibition called "Go Penguins" which will see 235 fibreglass penguins decorated by artists, celebrities and community groups go on display around the city as a finale to Liverpool's Year of the Environment programme.
  18. An illegal miner pans for gold at the mountain of Tumpang Pitu in Banyuwangi, East Java November 21, 2009. The miners can collect about 1 to 5 grams of gold and earn up to 175,000 rupiah ($18) a day. The mine has been in operation since June 2009 and local villagers have began protesting because the waste produced by the mine is polluting the environment.

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