Carbon pricing, risk disclosure, and net zero: Can the UK build a truly green financial system?

Michael Holder
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Mandatory finance sector net zero goals, strengthened ETS, and nature-based risk disclosure requirements among Aldersgate Group's demands

The government must use its global green leadership position in 2021 to firmly embed climate action and nature protection into the rules governing the UK financial system, in addition to pushing for similar...

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