Not by governments alone

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Ahead of London Climate Action Week, E3G's Tom Burke warns that governments alone can not tackle the escalating risks from climate change - businesses and wider society have to step up

Climate change is a whole of society problem. There is no part of society that will not be touched by whether climate policy succeeds or fails. Nor is there any part of society that does not have a part...

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