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Climate Monthly: Tackling overcapacity; plastic pact bottled; beef-flation

Overcapacity in China’s solar industry is set to remain a significant concern for policymakers and leading firms – in both China and the West – as the latest plans to address excess production capacity seem unlikely to deliver meaningful results.  Meanwhile, the failure of UN talks to produce an agreement to reduce plastic waste reflects the challenges facing climate multilateralism, but progress tackling the issue will be slow without it. 

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