Ban government investment in fossil fuels, urges cross-party group of MPs

UK aid projects 'actively undermine' efforts to tackle climate crisis, MPs and campaign groups warn

A cross-party group of MPs, backed by campaign groups, has called for an immediate ban on all investment in fossil fuels and for all UK aid to be "nature positive".

The 28 MPs, led by Tory Zac Goldsmith and Labour's Kerry McCarthy, with support from Amnesty International, WWF and other organisations, criticised the UK for "actively undermining" its own investment in tackling the climate emergency by continuing to fund fossil fuels through aid and export finance.