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BoE urged to investigate systemic risk from high carbon investments

Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King
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  • 19 January 2012
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The Bank of England has been urged to investigate the threat posed to the UK economy by overexposure to high carbon investments.

A coalition of investors, climate change experts, campaigners, politicians and universities have written an open letter to the bank's governor Mervyn King in his capacity as chair of the Financial Policy...

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