G20 kicks off with row over climate ambition

James Murray
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International talks in Osaka and Bonn are marred by continuing divisions over the Paris Agreement and the global response to the escalating climate crisis

The G20 Summit in Japan will kick off today amidst predictions of a sizeable diplomatic row over international efforts to tackle climate change. Reuters reported officials were still wrangling over...

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