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‘It's in our DNA’: tiny Costa Rica wants the world to take giant climate step

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2021-02-22

When it comes to the environment, few countries rival Costa Rica in terms of action and ambition. The tiny Central American nation is aiming for total decarbonisation by 2050, not just a “net zero” target. It has regrown large areas of tropical rainforest after suffering some of the highest rates of deforestation in the world in the 1970s and 1980s.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/22/costa-rica-carlos-alvarado-quesada-environment-policy-action-aoe