UN chastises G20 leaders for lack of climate change action

James S Murray
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De Boer "appalled" by failure of governments to address climate change threat

Several of the UN's top officials have this week chastised world leaders scheduled to meet at the latest G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada this weekend, arguing that they need to step up efforts to tackle...

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