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Thu 02 Feb 2007Ahern pledges action on climate changeMinister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern today insisted it was no longer morally acceptable to ignore climate change.In a speech to the Institute of European Affairs in Dublin, Mr Ahern conceded stark evidence about the catastrophic effect of man-made pollution on the world could no longer be disputed.