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Expert group net-zero emission achievable

Expert group net-zero emission achievable

By Biswendu Bhattacharjee
Baku, Nov 14 (UNI) High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Net-Zero Emission Commitments of Non-State Actors| on Thursday asserted that net zero can be achieved and questioned the credibility of claims |by companies, investors, cities and regions that moving faster on the climate crisis was "too difficult".
“However, to meet the 1.5C Paris Agreement target (on global warming), we need a much broader range of companies, investors, cities, and regions to build on these examples and produce high-integrity transition plans in 2025,” HLEG Chairperson Catherine McKen pointed out while disclosing the HLEG review report at the COP29 here.

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