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Liam Gilliver

‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout

An increasingly concentrated group of fossil fuel giants is dominating global emissions and “actively sabotaging” climate action to weaken government ambition.

New analysis from Carbon Majors’ dataset found that just 32 companies were responsible for 50 per cent of the world’s CO2 emissions in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier.

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