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Alok Sharma: 'I am calling on the world to up its ambition'

Alok Sharma, COP26 President and Business Secretary

22 September 2020 • 3 min read

COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech at the New York Climate Week event hosted by the UN Race to Zero campaign in partnership with The Climate Group

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