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Published on November 2, 2019

Finance and Climate Change: A Progressive Green Finance Strategy for the UK

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On 2 November 2019, the Labour Party published its report on the UK finance industry and climate change, entitled Finance and Climate Change: A Progressive Green Strategy. Drawn up by a group of independent experts commissioned by the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, the review group’s work was supported by PEF.

The review included three members of the PEF Council: Professor Daniela Gabor (Chair of the review, Professor of Economics and Macrofinance, UWE), Ann Pettifor (Director of PRIME Economics) and Professor Michael Jacobs (Professorial Fellow, SPERI).

The full report can be read here.

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