Figueres: World faces 'monumental challenge' to start cutting emissions by 2020

James Murray
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"The future of mankind lies in the difference between doing what we think is possible now, and doing what we know we need to do"

The former UN head of climate change Christiana Figueres has called on business leaders to redouble efforts to ensure global greenhouse gas emissions start to fall sharply before 2020, warning the "future...

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