SCOUT· 38%1h 00m·2026-09-27·News Politics317. Why the UK must not drop climate leadership
How to win the net-zero argument with voters again? Why the transition will make us richer? Are the Paris warming targets irredeemably lost? How has China led the way? Robert discusses with world-leading climate economist Lord [Nicholas] Stern why so many voters have downgraded climate concerns, and what can be done…
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“China kept burning coal and we didn't.”
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