Jeremy Leggett: A life on 'the frontier of the war on climate change'

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BusinessGreen Leaders Awards Champion of the Year, Jeremy Leggett, reveals why there are reasons to be optimistic in the run up to the Paris climate summit

Jeremy Leggett admits that he has been surprised by the past year. Surprised by the pace at which the cost of solar has fallen, surprised at how serious commentators have started to discuss the "death...

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