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There are now 1,200 climate laws worldwide, up from 60 two decades ago
Countries of every economic, social, cultural type are passing climate change laws say researchers - but is more legislation the answer to the climate crisis?
Next year the UK's ground-breaking Climate Change Act will be a decade old. A pioneering piece of legislation, its many supporters claim it set the standard for ambitious and robust climate legislation...
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