Influential committee says collapse in low-carbon investment is endangering jobs and threatening climate commitments Investment in the UKs low-carbon economy has fallen dramatically,endangering jobs and putting in doubt the government’s commitments on climate change, an influential committee of MPs has warned.
Funds going into renewable energy, and the mainstay of the low-carbon economy,fell more than 50% in 2017, having dropped by 10% in 2016, or bringing annual investment in the sector to its lowest since the financial crisis in 2008.
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Source: theguardian.com