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In focus: Road to net zero has become much bumpier

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In focus: Road to net zero has become much bumpier

Weening the world off fossil fuels and developing clean alternatives was bound to be hard even in perfect circumstances, but the latest global developments are bringing into question if any of the current efforts to decarbonize and reach net zero are even achievable in the given time-frames.
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