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Mar 2021
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Could this year mark a turning point for...

Financial Times
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Britain is hosting this year’s UN climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow. Pilita Clark discusses what these summits have achieved over the past three decades and what needs to be done to make the talks a success. Her guest is Richard Kinley, a veteran of the talks who is now president of the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability think-tank.

Clips: Joe Biden; United Nations; Bloomberg


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