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Climate Leaders Summit: A day of diplomatic theatre, distracting jokes, and historic turning points

23 April 2021 • 5 min read

Ed King argues that when the history of the fifth industrial revolution is penned, this year will mark a turning point.

Summits are theatre, and yesterday in Washington DC, the world was the stage. It's easy - as Quentin Letts does in The Times today - to dismiss moments like the Biden climate summit as hours of waffle....

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