Global Briefing: Study claims world's biggest firms have caused $28tr in climate damage

Michael Holder
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President Trump backs seabed mining, Climeworks inks another carbon removal deal, and a new EV charging record is declared

More than 100 of the world's biggest companies are responsible for causing $28tr in climate damage, with more than half the estimated costs caused by the world's 10 largest oil and gas firms alone...

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