IW Long Reads: Waiting for Biden - Six things we learnt from the Climate Ambition Summit

Has the world improved five years since the Paris Climate Agreement?

James Murray
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Marking the Paris Agreement's fifth birthday, the Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UN alongside the UK, France, Chile and Italy saw a raft of pledges from political and business leaders alike - here are the key takeaways. Has it really been five years? 12 December marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and, as with all birthdays, once you reach a certain age, the party was a bittersweet mix of achievements celebrated, with an undeniable undercurrent of melancholy at the passage of time and the challenges not yet overcome. That more than 75 world leaders and scores of top...

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