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Lessons from pandemic will aid climate targets, says Skelly

Belief we can change the way we live and work

Changes to the way we are living during the Covid-19 crisis will help us reach climate change targets.

That's the belief of Enterprise Minister Laurence Skelly.

Today the International Energy Agency is reporting worldwide emissions have fallen by a record 8% because of lockdowns to combat Coronavirus.

Mr Skelly says discussions ahead of introducing the Climate Change Bill had focused on about 50 goals including the way civil servants work:

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