Budget 2024: A missed chance to unleash the potential of green gilts

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A green gilt programme could fulfil extra borrowing capacity, unlock private investment in net zero, and hold the UK's climate ambitions to account, writes IEEFA's Kevin Leung

The UK government's recent Budget reiterated its ambition for economic growth towards net zero. But the government has not grasped the opportunity to better employ its catalytic sustainable financing tool:...

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