Brisbane 2032 Olympics organiser defends sitting on board of fossil fuel company

Andrew Liveris says his position at Saudi Aramco means he knows the solutions' as he presides over climate-positive games

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Andrew Liveris has defended sitting on the board of the most polluting company in history at the same time as presiding over the organisation of an Olympic Games being billed as climate positive", saying: If you emit, you actually know the solutions."

Liveris is on the board of directors of the world's biggest oil company, Saudi Aramco, which is 95% owned by the Saudi Arabian government.

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