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'A year of action': COP President Claire Perry O'Neill talks up plans for 2020

Catherine Early

23 October 2019 • 3 min read

UN climate talks in Glasgow will be an 'everyone in' COP, Claire Perry O'Neill tells BusinessGreen Leaders Summit

2020 will be the year when ambitious commitments on climate change need to start to come to life, and all businesses have a role to play in driving them forward, COP26 president Claire Perry O'Neill told...

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