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Political 'retreat' on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

Wednesday 7 Oct 20 10:00am

A worker walks past solar panels at Centragrid power plant in Nyabira, Zimbabwe. Image: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

RICH NATIONS are failing on promises to help poorer ones meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change, even though such help would be “not charity but a global act of self-interest”, says United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa.

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