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Alok Sharma: 'I want to urge all businesses to join the Race to Zero Coalition'

Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business and COP26 President

04 August 2020 • 4 min read

COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech yesterday to the Let's Build Back Better event hosted by the British High Commission in Wellington

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. (English translation: Greeting, greetings, greetings to you all). Thank you to the British High Commission for organising this event. My last physical,...

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