Why Angela Merkel failed to become a “climate chancellor”
The outgoing German leader wanted to put the planet on a carbon neutral path, but wasn’t prepared to pay the political price at home.
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Philippa Nuttall
Philippa Nuttall is environment and sustainability editor of the New Statesman.
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