Peter Carter: There’s No Incentive To Use Warfare If You Have A Renewable Energized Planet

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theAnalysis-news on Mar 10, 2023

Why net zero commitments are empty and dangerously misleading if we continue to burn fossil fuels. Talia Baroncelli speaks to retired physician and IPCC climate expert Peter Carter about how ongoing wars, illegal mineral wealth extraction in active conflict zones, and the plunder of resources by transnational corporations are literally killing the planet.

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