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‘Toxic cover-up’: UN blasts oil majors’ fake net zero pledges

Companies must stop funding coal, oil and gas if their claims to be “net zero aligned” are anything more than greenwash, a UN-appointed taskforce has said. After months of consultations, the 16-member anti-greenwashing group chaired by Canadian former environment minister Catherine McKenna found that “net zero is entirely incompatible with continued investment in fossil fuels”. Thousands of big businesses and cities have declared commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris A

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