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"There are no jobs on a dead planet," says Sharan Burrow. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Sharan Burrow
Visiting Professor in Practice, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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A view of the Kuala Lumpur city centre covered by haze in Kuala Lumpur March 3, 2014. Thick haze blanketing parts of Indonesia's Riau province continued to ground helicopters and obstruct water bombing efforts, while Malaysia saw a return to hazy conditions on Sunday.
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A man walks inside a factory at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo June 28, 2013. Industrial output rose 2.0 percent in May from April and the outlook is for slight net growth in coming months, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed.
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