'We will not fight climate change with a virus': UN chief warns both climate and coronavirus emergencies 'must be defeated'

James S Murray
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UN publishes landmark report warning of 'rising hunger, displacement and loss of life owing to extreme temperatures and floods around the world'

The world may be on the cusp of a global pandemic, but the scale of the climate crisis presents a greater long term threat and political and business leaders should not be "diverted away from climate action"...

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