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Trade union leaders urge Tories to listen to Climate Assembly

TRADE union leaders have urged the government to “listen carefully” to the outcomes of Britain’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change as it begins tomorrow.

Climate Assembly UK, a House of Commons project made up of 110 people selected to reflect the British population, convenes this weekend in Birmingham for the first of four sessions.

Commissioned by six parliamentary committees, the group is asked to devise an action plan on how Britain will achieve carbon net-zero by 2050 — a target enshrined in law. 

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