Report: Low carbon intensity sectors outstrip growth of general economy

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New LSE research finds sectors with low carbon intensities boast higher productivity growth than those with high carbon intensity

Business sectors with low levsl of carbon intensity demonstrate higher productivity growth than the rest of the economy, according to the results of a new analysis published today by the Grantham Research...

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