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'We need to be linking climate and nature': Catherine McKenna on net zero, 'nature positive', and corporate integrity

Cecilia Keating

17 December 2022 • 6 min read

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The chair of UN panel on net zero goals sits down with BusinessGreen to talk climate, deforestation, and nature goals at COP15 in Montreal

Whatever the outcome of the ongoing negotiations at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit, there are high hopes it will mark a turning point in the understanding of the critical role nature plays in regulating...

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