Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed
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Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed

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Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed Getty Images The US's Inflation Reduction Act has released huge sums of support for clean energy, jobs and technologies In a tumultuous year, the positive milestones for the climate and nature might well have gone under your radar. It was quickly welcomed as the largest climate investment in US history, although it isn't at all obvious from the legislation's name – perhaps making it the definition of a "quiet" climate win. "It doesn't sound as if it's dealing with climate change, but it does," says Sir David King, the UK's former climate envoy who worked with his US counterpart John Kerry on negotiations including the Paris Agreement. It's a welcome milestone that doesn't just look good on paper – it's an important positive tipping point for climate change, according to the authors who made the prediction in April.

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