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'Worrying': Carney and Brookfield row throws spotlight on 'net zero' confusion

Michael Holder

26 February 2021 • 9 min read

Mark Carney was last year appointed Boris Johnson's Finance Advisor for COP26 | Credit: Andrew Parsons/Number 10 Downing Street

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Mark Carney was last year appointed Boris Johnson's Finance Advisor for COP26 | Credit: Andrew Parsons/Number 10 Downing Street

COP26 finance advisor is under fire for claiming his investment firm Brookfield is 'net zero' despite its billions of investments in fossil fuels

Mark Carney - former Bank of England Governor and a leading voice in the drive for a greener financial system - has today come under fire for claiming the investment firm he sits on the board of is 'net...

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