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Former Tory minister: Paris climate summit 'triumphant deal'

A Conservative peer who advises the government on climate change said the deal at the Paris climate summit COP21 was remarkable, and did not seem achievable six months ago.

Lord Deben - previously known as the Tory MP and environment minister John Gummer - told Paddy O'Connell, that the independent Climate Change Committee, which he chairs, would hold the government to the carbon targets set by the deal.

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