Carbon bubble? UK councils hold £16bn in fossil fuel investments
Progress to shift away from high-carbon investments remains slow despite warnings of transition risk
Local councils across the UK have £16.1bn of their workers' pensions invested in fossil fuel companies and are failing to take account of climate change risk in their investment policies, divestment campaigners...
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