Less 'extravaganza', more delivery: Chris Skidmore joins calls to reform UN Climate Summits

Cecilia Keating
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Net Zero Review author becomes latest figure to call for annual climate negotiations to be streamlined to help drive bolder climate action

Former energy minister Chris Skidmore MP has called for the UN climate process to be streamlined, arguing that paring back the presence of world leaders and corporates at the annual COP Summit could help...

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