IPCC climate report: at a glance

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All the key points sustainability executives need to know from today's major climate science report

UN scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today unveiled a much-anticipated study on the current state of climate science. BusinessGreen rounds up the key points for sustainability...

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