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Envoy says 126 nations seek carbon neutrality

The top U.N. official for global climate action said 65% of the world body's 193 member nations will seek net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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LONDON (AN) — The top U.N. official for global climate action said on Monday that 65% of the world body's 193 member nations, up from 40% last year, will seek net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Mark Carney, the U.N. special envoy for climate action and former Bank of England governor, said 126 member nations, up from 77 last year, committed to the goal set at the 2019 U.N. Climate Action Summit due to "social resets for countries and strategic resets for companies" brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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