UN: 'Green recovery' essential to close on-going emissions gap

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Annual Emissions Gap report from the UN Environment Programme warns that without ambitious green recovery packages the world remains on track for around 3C of warming

Global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high last year and the world remains on track for around 3C of warming by the end of the century, despite the sharp reduction in emissions caused by the...

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