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Nigel Topping appointed UK climate champion

24 January 2020 • 1 min read

Former We Mean Business CEO tasked with getting businesses, investors, organisations, and cities engaged with the COP26 summit happening in Glasgow in November

Nigel Topping, the former CEO of climate organisation We Mean Business, has been appointed by the UK government as its ‘high level climate action champion' ahead of the COP26 climate summit it is co-hosting...

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