International climate targets are great, but the future's local

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John Alker of the UK Green Building Councils argues that international and national arguments over decarbonisation conceal the rapid progress being made at a local level

Last week's EU climate deal was a significant milestone on the journey towards - we hope - a global climate deal in Paris next year. And there were reasons for optimism (the 40 per cent target), heavily...

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