Business wants certainty post-Brexit, and on energy and climate policy the EU and UK are starting to deliver

James Murray
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The passage of the fifth carbon budget and the unveiling of new EU emissions targets provides a clear signal to businesses and investors that decarbonisation will continue

If there is one certainty in the world of business it is that business hates uncertainty. No one likes to invest or enact a new corporate strategy amid the looming fear that policies and markets could...

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