UN climate chief warns 2020 carbon targets will be missed

James S Murray
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As advisory group mulls proposal for aviation carbon tax, Yvo de Boer warns the world is not moving fast enough to cut emissions

Yvo de Boer, the outgoing UN climate change chief, has offered arguably the bleakest assessment yet of the chances of an ambitious international climate treaty being agreed, warning that the world is unlikely...

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