Regulators urged to tackle $6tr "carbon bubble"

Will Nichols
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Report warns "business as usual is not an option" when 80 per cent of fossil assets may be left stranded by global climate agreements

Up to $6tr of oil and gas assets could be left stranded over the next decade, throwing investments into disarray, should international climate agreements hold firm. Governments committed under the 2010...

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