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Cop31 will expose the conflicts and contradictions of the world’s fossil fuel reliance
The move to clean electricity will form the focus of the climate summit, which begins next week in coal-obsessed Turkey. The outlook doesn’t look good • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Holding a climate conference under the presidency of one coal-obsessed country might be regarded as a misfortune for the planet – sharing it between two starts to look provocative. But at this year’s…
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