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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Sutter, John D. (13 December 2018). "Can a coalition of 'superheroes' save the COP24 climate talks?". CNN. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "HAC Rallies for 1.5 and a Loss & Damage Fund in Final Push at COP". The High Ambition Coalition. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "Global warming target dispute leaves UN climate deal in the balance". Financial Times. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "Is this our last chance to act on the climate crisis?". the Guardian. 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ↑ "About". High Ambition Coalition. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
The HAC coordinates closely with the Shipping High Ambition Coalition within the International Maritime Organization as well as the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, focused on ambition in the Convention for Biological Diversity, and the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution.
- ↑ "High ambition coalition! Are you joking?". www.downtoearth.org.in. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ↑ "Countries | Climate Action Tracker". climateactiontracker.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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