Report: No country is decarbonising fast enough to meet Paris Agreement targets

Madeleine Cuff
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New analysis from PwC shows UK and China are fastest decarbonisers, but no country is moving quickly enough to avert dangerous climate change

Not a single country in the world is doing enough to cut carbon emissions in line with targets set out in the Paris Agreement, according to new analysis released today by PwC. The consultancy giant's...

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