IW Long Reads: Can oil majors remain investible as the world transitions to net zero?

Not a question of reaching net zero - it is when

Anna Fedorova
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Over the past few years, an ever-growing number of voices have joined the chorus and they are all calling for one thing: the decarbonisation of global economies and a move to a net-zero emissions future which can hopefully help us avoid global destruction. Increasingly, the powers that be are realising that we don't have much time left before the effects of climate change are no longer reversible. As a result, while we undoubtedly still have a long way to go, these efforts are beginning to bear fruit. A growing number of countries have set net-zero targets by 2050, and some even sooner. For...

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