COP29: Businesses demand 'decisive leadership' from G20 to unblock UN climate talks

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UPDATED: Scores of top businesses and organisations voice deep concern about 'lack of progress and focus' at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, as new climate finance text released

Scores of corporates and leading green business groups have urged the world's biggest economies to ramp up climate finance for developing nations and show far greater leadership in the delivery of ambitious...

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