Developing country climate plans deserve our respect

A number of developing countries are coming forward with ambitious decarbonisation plans, but as Ed King explains, their significance is often too easily ignored
Last month Jamaica submitted a new climate plan to the UN - it garnered little global coverage or praise. Jamaica is a small economy and whatever the government in Kingston decides, it rarely moves...
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