Policy and Regulation

Capital adequacy requirement for new fossil fuel projects gains EU support

Supporters say the 1250 per cent requirement will target the projects that do the most environmental damage.

Advocates of proposals that would severely limit banks’ ability to finance new fossil fuel projects are increasingly confident about their adoption by the European Parliament in Autumn following

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