Major investors urge G7 to step up climate action

Madeleine Cuff
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Ahead of G7 meeting in Canada this week investors with $26tr in assets under management want to see leading countries phase out coal use

Major investors with $26tr of assets under management have today called on leaders of the seven most powerful nations to phase out coal power and step up action to tackle climate change. The investors,...

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