'A great leap backward': Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance under fire for 'feeble' fossil fuel policy

Cecilia Keating
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'A great leap backward': Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance under fire for 'feeble' fossil fuel policy

Oil and gas position paper from $11tr alliance fails to set out concrete actions for how asset owners can stop oil and gas expansion, campaigners warn

The UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has this morning published a position paper which recommends that members to stop investing in new upstream oil and gas infrastructure, arguing it...

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