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U.N. Group Recommends Stricter Rules Over Net-Zero Pledges

Group says companies need to stop funding fossil-fuel expansion, ineffective carbon credits and anti-climate lobbying

By
Dieter Holger and Pierre Bertrand

The United Nations is calling for stricter rules governing the net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions promises of companies.

A U.N.-appointed group of climate, financial and policy experts is saying companies need to stop funding fossil-fuel expansion, ineffective carbon credits and anti-climate lobbying. If they don’t follow these rules, their net-zero claims aren’t credible, according to the U.N. group. However, it is, as yet, undefined how these recommendations released Tuesday might create enforceable standards. The group unveiled...

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