UK government pumps £350 million into ‘green recovery’
UK industry will receive around £350 million to cut down carbon emissions under new plans to step up efforts to tackle climate change. The multimillion pound investment package will build on progress towards the UK’s target to reach net zero by 2050, by helping businesses to decarbonise across the heavy industry, construction, space and transport […]
‘Superfunds’ should drive Britain’s green future, says think tank
New British pension ‘superfunds’ should be created to invest in infrastructure for country’s green recovery. That’s the view of the Social Market Foundation, which also says that ministers preparing for a ‘green recovery’ from coronavirus should be ready to take more risks and spend public money up front to support innovative ‘pathfinder’ infrastructure projects and […]