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Community climate action is critical - but it needs patient, flexible and affordable finance to scale

Lisa Ashford, Ethex
clock 25 October 2021 • 4 min read

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The mainstream finance sector is missing out on a major opportunity to tackle climate change by supporting community energy and climate initiatives, writes Ethex CEO Lisa Ashford

It's hard to avoid a news story related to climate change at the moment. In addition to fundamental and immediate questions about the UK's energy supply, we had the Prime Minister Boris Johnson stating...

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