PwC: UK green economy efforts are starting to deliver, but climate crisis still looms

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Major new study warns world remains on track for 4C warming this century, despite some encouraging progress from renewables industry

The world remains on track to see a potentially catastrophic 4C of warming this century, even if the past year has provided some "glimmer of hope" in the form of rapid renewable energy deployment and the...

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