Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

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Study: Global lockdowns likely to curb temperatures by just 0.01C by 2030 A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has warned that the sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions experienced...

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