Most firms in G20 countries failing to set science-based climate targets, research finds

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Only 20 per cent of climate targets set by companies in the G20 are science-based, according to Science-Based Targets initiative

Growing numbers of companies in G20 countries are setting climate targets, but just a fraction of these goals are aligned with climate science that would put the world on a 1.5C warming pathway, according...

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