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Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN SustainableDevelopment Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment).
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