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Evie Barrett
Jun 6, 2024

UN chief calls for ban on fossil fuel ads to combat climate change

UN secretary-general António Guterres has directly called for PR agencies to stop working with fossil fuel clients, and ‘acting as enablers to planetary destruction’.

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