The current oil shock provides the world with a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to kick its dependence on fossil fuels, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told MPs today. Mr Brown said the economic woes afflicting Britain were caused by fundamental global changes linked to the economic rise of China and India and their increasing demand for food and fuel and must be dealt with by international action. He warned against cutting development aid or action to tackle climate change during the current period of economic instability. And he said it was vital to achieve agreement on a new framework for world trade at a summit later this month to head off a rise in protectionist sentiment. Talks at the World Trade Organisation are at "a few minutes before midnight" and if agreement cannot be reached at the July 21 summit in Geneva, it may...
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