EMEA > Emission cuts from UK climate finance jumps as big project added -govt report

Emission cuts from UK climate finance jumps as big project added -govt report

Published 17:58 on August 19, 2020  /  Last updated at 12:58 on September 1, 2021  /  EMEA, EU ETS

The UK has financed 39 climate projects in developing countries that resulted in 31 million tonnes of CO2e reduced or avoided over 2011-20, the government said in a report on Wednesday, a rate of abatement eclipsed by emissions growth that campaigners say is a result of the country's fossil fuel funding.
The UK has financed 39 climate projects in developing countries that resulted in 31 million tonnes of CO2e reduced or avoided over 2011-20, the government said in a report on Wednesday, a rate of abatement eclipsed by emissions growth that campaigners say is a result of the country's fossil fuel funding.


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