How the Paris Climate Deal Helps Business

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Date

June 1, 2017

News Type

Media Highlight

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CNN Money

"'The world is going to decarbonize. And there's a lot of money to be made there,' said Ray Kopp a vice president with Resources for the Future, a Washington Think Tank concentrating on energy issues. 'There are decisions to be made that will change asset values and move trillions of dollars around the globe. The only voice these businesses will have is their government. If their government has no voice, they have no voice.'"

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