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What will it take to get to net zero?

Sam Fankhauser, LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

14 November 2018 • 4 min read

Sam Fankhauser of the LSE Grantham Research Institute believes net zero will require global political will, private sector ingenuity and a huge surge of investment

Action against climate change has just become even more urgent. Last month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned the risks of climate change are a lot worse than we thought. Its warning...

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