'A new global consensus': World leaders vow to deliver a 'green transition that leaves no one behind'

James Murray
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'A new global consensus': World leaders vow to deliver a 'green transition that leaves no one behind'

Ahead of Paris meeting, world leaders call for increased role for public and private finance as they warn Sustainable Development Goals and climate targets are at risk

Private finance has to play a bigger role in tackling poverty and accelerating the global net zero transition, according to a major intervention today from a group of world leaders orchestrated by French...

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