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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

Cecilia Keating

Cecilia Keating

15 November 2021 • 14 min read

COP26 Presidency

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COP26 Presidency

BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit

After two weeks of intense negotiations and an avalanche of sectoral side deals, the COP26 Climate Summit was finally brought to a close by an emotional Alok Sharma late on Saturday night. The hope...

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