COP29: 10 key takeaways for businesses from the Baku Climate Summit

James Murray
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This year's UN Climate Summit delivered a decidedly mixed bag for the green business community - BusinessGreen rounds up the main conclusions for business leaders

The UN Climate Summit in Baku closed in the early hours of Sunday morning with a deal that was simultaneously historic and disappointing. It is in the nature of the COP Climate Summits that the final agreement...

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