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OECD: Governments need to 'get serious' about climate action

26 September 2018 • 4 min read

Rich countries must scale up efforts to cut carbon emissions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development tells world leaders in New York

World leaders gathered in New York this week are under mounting pressure to boost their climate ambitions, with fresh warnings from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD) yesterday that most...

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