IPCC climate report: businesses must seize low carbon opportunity

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Businesses call on government to crack down on carbon emissions following latest climate change report

Businesses have called on the UK to take radical steps to tackle climate change, after scientists said they were more sure than ever that gloabal warming is caused by human activity. The Intergovernmental...

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