Climate scientists and green financiers recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours

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Professors Corinne Le Quere, Richard Betts, and Hannah Cloke among those recognised for their services to understanding climate change

The urgent need to confront the hard realities of climate change resonated through the Queen's Birthday Honours List this weekend, with a number of the UK's leading climate experts among the recipients....

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