Rising to the 'moonshot' challenge

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If we could muster the will and resources to launch us into outer space, we should be able to harness our energies, skills and resources to decarbonise ever corner of the economy, writes Mission Possible Partnership's Chad Holliday

Almost 60 years ago, US President John F. Kennedy famously remarked: "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade… not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to organize...

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