Nigel Farage appointed to advisory board of green finance firm

Dutch Green Business, which plants trees for carbon capture, says ex-Ukip leader will facilitate introductions'

He has criticised Greta Thunberg for alarmism" and wind power as economic insanity" - but Nigel Farage appears to have made a U-turn on climate change, after signing up as a lobbyist for a Dutch green finance firm, in his first commercial role outside frontline politics.

Dutch Green Business Group, which is listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange, said it had appointed Farage to its new advisory board. The eurosceptic and former Ukip leader will facilitate introductions to politicians and business leaders in the UK and around the world" while also acting as a spokesman for the company, it said in a press release.