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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is anxious to protect the intellectual property of companies seeking to combat climate change.

Does Damon Matthews really understand natural climate variability more than you do?

A group of international climate scientists, including three Canadians, is calling on governments worldwide to agree before the end of the year on limits for total carbon dioxide emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change.

The researchers sound the alarm in an open letter to the negotiators of 192 nations preparing for a new round of climate change talks to be held this December in Copenhagen.

"So far we've done hardly anything, so we need to get going on the issue and quickly," said Damon Matthews, a signatory of the letter and professor in Concordia University's department of geography, planning and the environment in Montreal.