Getting the Paris Agreement to hit ground level needs clarity from government and backing from business

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Governments have an important role to play in simplifying the message of the Paris Agreement to investors, argue AECOM's Lawrence Avery and Cambridge Econometrics' Hector Pollitt

One of the most talked-about topics at the latest United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Bonn was the disconnect between the Paris Agreement's ambitious aims and the...

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