Analysis: UK must increase green public investment by £26bn a year to tackle environmental threats

Stuart Stone
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LSE and University of Cambridge analysis calls for 'coherent set of public policies' and funding boost equivalent to around one per cent of GDP to address climate change and biodiversity loss

The government should increase annual public investment for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation by the equivalent of around one per cent of GDP, or £26bn a year at...

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