IPCC climate report: the reaction

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Low carbon leaders respond to the 2013 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

UN scientists have today presented an extensive study on the current state of climate science. BusinessGreen rounds up the best of the reaction from across the low carbon economy. Ed Davey, UK Secretary...

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