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Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors

Damian Carrington, the Guardian in Katowice
clock 10 December 2018 •
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors

UN summit urged to end all coal burning and introduce substantial taxes on emissions

Global investors managing $32tn issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning. Without these,...

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