Could the cement sector prove one of the key battlegrounds for climate action?

Madeleine Cuff
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New report from CDP suggests cement companies urgently need to step up climate action or risk jeopardising Paris goals

In the fight against climate change, the battle lines are often drawn along energy lines, with eyes firmly on rates of coal burning and deployment figures for wind turbines. But while the decarbonisation...

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