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Why does the world keep investing in fossil fuels?

Jonas Mayer
February 28, 2025

Despite net-zero pledges, banks and asset managers, funds and governments continue to give trillions of dollars to the fossil fuel industry. Here’s which interests and mechanisms are behind that – and how to get past them.

https://p.dw.com/p/4rm7a
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Planet A

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world and challenges the way we are dealing with climate change.