Climate Action
How can we fast-track climate action?
Achim Steiner and Christiana Figueres on why the Paris Agreement, although a landmark achievement, was just the beginning.
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How do we turn the lights on for a billion people?
Consider an equatorial country where the sun sets at 6:30. Without electricity, how does a student revise for a school test in the dark? What of a street vendor whose business is shut dow...
Energy Transition
Why governments must lead on climate change
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