COP24: Countries signal backing for tougher targets in 2020

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But as the talks edge towards their end game, thorny issues remain

Three years ago today, the gavel came down on the Paris Agreement. The moment was beamed from the plenary halls in the French capital to television screens and computer monitors around the world, as governments...

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