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Nov 2021
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COP26: a climate gathering like no other

Financial Times
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Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/24a0e0ed-749d-4b6e-adbd-1f3c3a6cadb3


The FT’s clean energy and environment correspondent, Leslie Hook, has a curtain raiser on COP26, the most important climate summit since the 2015 Paris agreement. Plus, the FT’s US financial commentator Rob Armstrong and US editor- at-large and Moral Money newsletter founder Gillian Tett go head-to-head in a debate over whether investing in environmental, social and governance causes can really change the world. 


COP26 summit is a pivotal moment for the planet - with Leslie Hook 

https://www.ft.com/content/6ad9c521-b5ae-4876-be89-97d978485d48


The ESG investing industry is dangerous - with Robert Armstrong

https://www.ft.com/content/ec02fd5d-e8bd-45bd-b015-a5799ae820cf


Gillian Tett explains ESG's importance - with Gillian Tett 

https://www.ft.com/video/eba8dff7-ae9e-47db-b054-c8ed52ad8e79


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 


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