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How the use of coal, oil and gas is fuelling the cost of living crisis

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Over the last couple of years, inflation has caused a cost-of-living crisis across large parts of the world.

Some fearmongers have used the hardship this has caused billions of people to propagate rhetoric that climate change action is unaffordable and running against the interests of ordinary people.

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