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Young people are pleading for action: 10 key messages Greta Thunberg's "blah blah blah" speech, Milan 2021 Pleas from the world's poorestSystem failures
UN Secretary-General: "Government leaders are lying"Action needed
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Global emissions are still risingIdentifying reasons for lack of progress
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UK Climate Change Committee: Not consistent with the IPCC UK Government fallacy: overclaiming the reduction in UK CO2 emissionsMedia deficiencies
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The 'Net Zero 2050' UK Government fallacies The UK Net Zero strategy would take three times the UK's share of the global CO2 budgetEthical Consumer: Inconsistency with the IPCC in the Climate Gap reports
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Client Earth: Climate denialCivil disobedience
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