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Banks: How clearly they miss their climate targets

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Published: August 15th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Deutsche Bank should also significantly increase its investments in climate protection, demands the World Resources Institute.

Many of the world’s largest banks are „not only are banks off-track to meet net-zero targets, but many of their pledges are less ambitious than they seem at face value.“ This is the conclusion of a World Resources Institute (WRI) analysis, which examined the activities of the 25 largest banks in six sectors between 2019 and 2022: Oil and gas, electricity, automotive, aviation, cement and steel.

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