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16 July 2019updated 17 Jan 2024 7:13am

Could the UK’s financial sector become an unlikely ally for climate action?

New guidelines could impel the sector to start greening finance and financing green infrastructure. 

By Will Martindale

For environmentalists, global politics can feel like a lonely place. Recent headlines include Bolsonaro’s “huge rise in Amazon destruction”, the re-election of Australia’s “coal-clutching premier” and Trump’s disdain for climate action; “we have the cleanest air we’ve ever had”.

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