Are global emissions heading for a permanent slowdown?

Jessica Shankleman
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New report shows rate of increase in CO2 was less than half the average annual increase of last decade, as new figures reveal further expansion in UK renewables

A "remarkable" shift towards the use of clean energy in some of the world's largest economies could be leading to a permanent slowdown in the increase of global carbon emissions. That is the stark finding...

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