One year on: How UK Export Finance is ending support for fossil fuels projects overseas

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UK Minister for Exports Mike Freer explains how the UK's export credit agency has been working to meet its commitment to end financial support for fossil fuel projects abroad

Just over a year ago, the UK ended financial support for fossil fuel projects overseas. As the first country to historically cut all ties, it was a pioneering step for the government's export credit agency,...

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