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Why F1 needs an urgent plan from some of its most influential sponsors

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With F1 committed to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, MARK GALLAGHER says some of its biggest sponsors need to  act quickly

“Climate change is a serious risk to humanity’s future and restoring the world to a better carbon balance requires us to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with both oil and gas production and use.”

The latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, published the day after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, makes for familiar reading. That is, of course, if you believe data presented by the IPCC, the organisation comprising 195 member states. 

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