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    WH Smith and DHL among 200 firms calling for Cop28 pledge to ditch fossil fuels

    by Rebecca Speare-Cole Nov 29, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    WH Smith, DHL, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Virgin Media O2 have joined more than 200 businesses to call for an international agreement to phase out all fossil fuels at Cop28.

    The companies are among the most recent to sign an open letter urging world leaders to agree a timeline to ditch unabated fossil fuels at the UN climate summit in Dubai, starting on Thursday.

    It is thought to be

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