How should we be reporting climate target setbacks?

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Business, journalists, scientists and politicians need get better at communicating climate solutions, not just the many climate problems we face, explain Jasmin Souesi and Tara Bryer at Climate Outreach

A recent article in The Guardian quoted a climate scientist in its headline, describing the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to below 1.5C as "deader than a doornail". This centuries-old...

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