'Failing to get a grip': Is global climate action slowing down?

Cecilia Keating
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The UN Secretary General has warned this morning governments' ambition in support of climate action is stagnating, even as clean tech deployment accelerates - three major new reports out today corroborate his view

A trifecta of reports published this morning have laid bare the urgent need for political and business leaders around the world to turbocharge emissions reduction efforts, with the world still badly off...

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