Could businesses hold the key to overcoming climate apathy?

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Leo Barasi warns that increasingly visible climate impacts will not on their own spur greater action - a just transition path and compelling business narrative is also needed

There's an episode of the US TV show The West Wing where the President is looking for a reason to commute a murderer's death sentence. He hears pleas from religious figures and prays for wisdom but, feeling...

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