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This December 192 government representatives are supposed to hammer out an agreement that will dictate a 95 percent reduction in carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels. But how does a country actually put that plan into action?

Negotiations to form a new climate agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol are coming to a close. The new global contract should be finalized by the heads of state and government from the192 participating countries this December in Copenhagen. Climate experts say that for the agreement to actually do any good at all, it will have to dictate a 95 percent reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050. But is that really possible?

WWF Germany, the Öko Institute and the Prognos Institute say that it is. The three organizations recently released a study in Berlin called "Model Germany – Climate Protection by 2050" in which they laid out what the country has to do to make this a reality.

Report: Richard Fuchs/Ellice Mol

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