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India says it will smash 2022 renewable power goal. Will it happen?
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Fifa accused of greenwashing in World Cup carbon offset scheme
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G6 leaders advance climate agenda while Trump’s US defends fossil fuels
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Pope Francis tells oil chiefs to keep it in the ground
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