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Inside the $6.5 Trillion Fossil Fuel Portfolio

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June 2026 | Urgewald Finance Research Team

$6.5 trillion. That is the combined value of shares and bonds that the world’s institutional investors hold in fossil fuel companies. The Investing in Climate Chaos database lifts the curtain on thousands of asset managers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurers still deeply entangled with coal, oil, and gas. Over 95% of identified investments are in companies actively developing new oil and gas reserves or building new fossil fuel infrastructure. Read on for further analysis.

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