Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Bankers!

It's amazing but, in spite of some of their own people warning of the dire consequences of climate change, the world's banks have invested more than £2.2 trillion  in fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) since the Paris agreement (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/global-banks-climate-crisis-finance-fossil-fuels). It seems that profits always trump prudence.

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