'A role model in leadership': Tributes paid to pioneering climate diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell

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Influential diplomat credited with persuading Margaret Thatcher to address climate risks and laying the foundations for global climate treaties

Tributes have this week been paid to the diplomat and environmentalist, Sir Crispin Tickell, who has died at the age of 91. Tickell was widely credited with convincing Margaret Thatcher to become one...

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