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Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $281bn a year, says study

Groundbreaking analysis by One Earth is first to quantify economic burden caused by individual companies

The world’s top fossil fuel companies owe at least $281bn in annual climate reparations to compensate communities most damaged by their polluting business and decades of lies, a new study calculates.

BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Total, Saudi Arabia’s state oil company and Chevron are among the largest 21 polluters responsible for $5.4tn (£4.3tn) in drought, wildfires, sea level rise, and melting glaciers among other climate catastrophes expected between 2025 and 2050, according to groundbreaking analysis published in the journal One Earth.

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