Sir Ed Davey: Pension funds must divest from fossil fuels and stop worsening the climate crisis

Stephanie Baxter
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A former energy and climate change secretary has said that by continuing to invest in fossil fuel firms, pension schemes are just making the climate change crisis even worse.

Sir Ed Davey, who is Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston and Surbiton, called on both private and public sector funds to urgently start divesting from "increasingly risky" fossil fuel assets and reinv...

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