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The ‘implementation’ of climate action, and how to pay for it, are top of the agenda at COP30 in Belém. As the meeting begins, Anna Beswick and Debbie Hillier share new insights with the LSE Business Review<\/em> into whether the private sector can help close the significant gap between the amount of money needed to adapt to climate change and what has been promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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