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UNCOVERED: Combining climate measures key to slashing emissions study - The Untold Story

Among the successes identified was Britain's introduction in 2013 of a minimum carbon price, subsidies for renewable energy, and a coal phase-out plan (Credit: AFP)

A major new study published Thursday on the effectiveness of climate measures such as taxes or subsidies in reducing greenhouse gases has found stand-alone measures fail to make a big difference.

Published in the journal Science, the study examined 25 years of public policies in 41 countries across six continents.

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