Why is the financial industry still 'banking on climate chaos'?

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Why is the financial industry still 'banking on climate chaos'?

Banks invested over $673bn in fossil fuels in 2022, according to new report by major environmental groups

In 2022, a year marked by record droughts, heatwaves, flooding, and forest fires, the world's top banks injected $673bn into the fossil fuel industry. That is according to the latest edition of Banking...

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