World Energy Outlook 2017: China's rise to green power leader, and all the other need-to-know predictions from the IEA

Madeleine Cuff
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BusinessGreen rounds up the 10 key insights for green business leaders from today's landmark IEA report

Today's World Energy Outlook 2017 report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) tells the story of an energy industry on the brink of a seismic shift, as it struggles to deal with the twin pressures...

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