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'Fundamentally flawed': Campaigners slam financial sector net zero alliances ahead of COP26 finance day

Cecilia Keating

Cecilia Keating

02 November 2021 • 6 min read

'Fundamentally flawed': Campaigners slam financial sector net zero alliances ahead of COP26 finance day

Reclaim Finance publishes scathing assessment of various financial sector alliances – including UN-backed Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance - arguing groups are failing to act fast enough to curb investment in fossil fuels

Campaigners have today called on major financial players to step up their collective climate action, branding the various high-level climate alliances that have swept the global financial sector as "not...

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