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The World Tonight: Investors Turn Against 'Humanity's Doom' Fossil Fuels

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12/12/2017

Investors Turn Against 'Humanity's Doom' Fossil Fuels

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Investors Turn Against 'Humanity's Doom' Fossil Fuels

Multinationals and World Bank announce fossil fuel divestment at Paris climate conference.

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.

As the world's leaders, minus President Trump, gather for the latest climate conference in Paris investors line up to switch their money away from fossil fuels.
Bill Gates announces $300m for innovative projects to ensure the world's poorest farmers can survive climate change. And after the row over whether or not the UK will honour last week's Brexit deal, a prominent MEP Sophie in't Veld criticises David Davis and promises to intervene to ensure there's no British backtracking. The BBC's Africa Editor Fergal Keane has a special report from the war-torn Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And in space, does the arrival of Oumuamua suggest life is imitating the art of the late science fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke?

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