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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adam Morton in Dubai

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry

Andrew Forrest at Cop28 in Dubai where he called for the phasing out of fossil fuels.
Andrew Forrest at Cop28 in Dubai, where he called for the phasing out of fossil fuels. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has used the backdrop of the Cop28 climate summit to pay for ads in more than 10 major newspapers around the world attacking the oil and gas industry and calling for fossil fuels to be phased out.

Forrest, who this year ranked as Australia’s second richest person, with a net worth of A$33.3bn (£17.4bn), placed an ad in the Friday edition of papers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, Times of India, Australian Financial Review and the Australian.

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