CCC second annual report - at a glance

James S Murray
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BusinessGreen.com casts its eye over the main conclusions and recommendations from today's Committee on Climate Change report

The independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today published its second annual report, issuing a stark warning that the UK must deliver a "step change" in the pace at which underlying greenhouse emissions...

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