SDG 13: Climate Action

Forget 2050, investors should demand action now on oil and gas

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The most successful firms will balance the cash flow to shareholders with appropriate investments in the transition away from oil and gas. Image: Zybnek Burival for Unsplash

Ben Ratner
Associate Vice President , Environmental Defense Fund
Erin Blanton
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
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