UN climate chief: Decarbonisation is in every nation's economic self interest

Michael Holder
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Simon Stiell at COP29 in Azerbaijan last year | Credit: UN Climate Change/Lucia Vasquez-Tumi
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Simon Stiell at COP29 in Azerbaijan last year | Credit: UN Climate Change/Lucia Vasquez-Tumi

UNFCCC executive secretary Simon Stiell describes climate action as 'a money-making opportunity too big to ignore' in first major speech of a crucial year for climate diplomacy

Accelerating the green energy transition and ramping up efforts to decarbonise economies is in everyone's economic self-interest, UN climate chief Simon Stiell reiterated in a speech today, as he urged...

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