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Icelandic PM: Climate change is 'grave issue'
Iceland's prime minister tell Newsnight there is "great urgency" to tackle climate change.
Iceland is currently aiming for carbon neutrality by 2040, but "hopefully earlier".
Katr铆n Jakobsd贸ttir said her country was already seeing the consequences of global warming, through the retreat of glaciers.
Ms Jakobsd贸ttir was in London to meet Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss the environment and Brexit.
She said she being a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) and not a Customs Union, worked well for Iceland.
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