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PRI predicts food and land systems are set to change dramatically over next decade
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PRI predicts food and land systems are set to change dramatically over next decade

But stakeholders need to come together to push for more drastic climate action to limit global waming to a safer 1.5C, investor group warns

Last week's report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) made for sobering reading, with its warning that the world is still headed towards global temperature rises that are set to breach the goals...

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