Nuclear row: EU green finance guide delayed as states debate what qualifies as 'sustainable investment'

James Murray
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Divisions over whether to classify investments in nuclear projects as sustainable spark fresh row over EU green finance strategy

Hopes the EU could fast-track a new set of guidelines designed to accelerate investment in low carbon infrastructure and turbocharge the growing market for green bonds have been quashed, after member states...

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