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McKinsey & Company pushes fossil fuel interests as advisor to UN climate talks, whistleblowers say

Screens displaying the logo of US-based McKinsey & Company, the world's top management consulting firm © Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP

The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and leaked documents.

Behind closed doors, the US-based firm has proposed future energy scenarios to the agenda setters of the summit that are at odds with the climate goals it publicly espouses, an AFP investigation has found.

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