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trillion in financing to the fossil fuel industry in the eight years since the ParisAgreement was signed, according to a comprehensive new report. trillion in financing for new fossil fuel expansion projects, investments that put the net-zero goal of the ParisAgreement in jeopardy. billion in 2022.
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