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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Impose climate tax on fossil fuel giants, media groups urge

Activists outside Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, calling for climate justice.
Activists outside Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, calling for climate justice. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Dozens of media organisations from around the world have published a joint editorial article calling for a windfall tax on the biggest fossil fuel companies.

The funds raised should be redistributed to poorer, vulnerable countries, the editorial says, as they are suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis despite having done the least to cause it.

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