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1. The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 was the most disappointing event of the year. Environmentalists and scientists had great hopes for the summit to be effective in curbing global warming. However, despite days of discussion, its participants failed to agree on a document that could replace the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2012. Only a few leading countries signed a declarative and non-binding document, which was not approved by the other delegates.

2. Russian authorities have continued their efforts to make the economy more energy efficient. President Dmitry Medvedev tasked the government to reduce GDP’s energy intensity by 40% in 2020. As a result, the first to be axed are common filament lamps. In November, the State Duma adopted a law on energy efficiency and energy saving planning to stop the production and sales of 100W and higher-powered lamps in 2011, 75W and higher lamps in 2013, and 25W lamps in 2014. At the same

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