UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans

James S Murray
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UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans

António Guterres warns governments risk squandering the opportunity to deliver a 'green recovery' that accelerates the net zero transition

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has today issued a stark warning that too many governments and businesses "have still not got the message" and risk engineering a carbon intensive recovery from the...

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