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'He truly made the world a better place': Tributes pour in for Pete Betts, the climate talks veteran who helped broker the Paris Agreement

Cecilia Keating

25 October 2023 • 6 min read

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Pete Betts received BusinessGreen's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022

Politicians, diplomats and climate and energy experts remember Betts for his pivotal role in raising the world's climate ambition

Pete Betts, the veteran British climate diplomat who played a pivotal role in brokering the landmark Paris Agreement at the UN climate talks in 2015, has died aged 64, a year after receiving a cancer diagnosis....

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