'Adapt or die': Environment Agency chief urges bankers to stop investing in fossil fuels

Cecilia Keating
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Sir James Bevan argues net zero transition is set to dramatically accelerate in the wake of the COP26 Climate Summit

The boss of the Environment Agency has declared that coal and oil are "no longer safe bets" for investors, warning that banks that failed to divest from fossil fuels would be left behind by the market....

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