Survey: Finance ministries worldwide struggling to incorporate climate risk into decisions

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Survey finds many finance ministries worldwide recognise growing importance of climate change but many still lack the tools and capacity to tackle associated risks

Many government finance ministries around the world are concerned about the physical impacts of climate change and the implications of the transition away from fossil fuels, but are finding it difficult...

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