COP24 outcome: Green economy reacts

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Scientists, politicians, NGO leaders and business executives offer their takes on the Paris Agreement rulebook

More than 24 hours after the scheduled end of the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland's energy minister and COP24 President Michał Kurtyka brought the gavel down on proceedings last night. Finally,...

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