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Climate champions awarded for efforts to ensure success of Cop28
Work of political and indigenous leaders, and policymakers from around the world recognised by Sheikh Mohamed for guiding UAE in delivering landmark climate summit
![Ramola Talwar Badam](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Farc-authors%2Fthenational%2F5ef0cfa3-a931-4bee-a429-a6e926cfab98.png?smart=true&auth=8bd0c965d9bb14cf66195518e8cc461c939674357be28fde76d5e3597d39b95d&width=70&height=70)
Ramola Talwar Badam
May 22, 2024
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