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A sign directing towards electric vehicle charging points is seen in a car park in Manchester, Britain, September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsUK Finance issues series of policy recommendationsFirst major position paper on net-zero transitionSays UK needs a stable policy environmentLONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain needs to better track funds going into green investments to assess how much is needed from the private sector and should consider targeted tax changes to encourage sustainable projects, banking industry body UK Finance said.In its first major position paper on...

A general view shows the plenary hall during an international replenishment conference for the United Nations Green Climate Fund in Bonn, Germany, October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Acquire Licensing RightsUN climate fund adds cash but still below targetUN warns of surging need for funds to cope with climate changeJapan adds $1 bln to fund, US money still missingGermany asks China, Gulf states to contributeBERLIN/BRUSSELS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations' main fund for helping vulnerable countries cope with climate change said on Thursday it had raised $9.3 billion, falling...

COVAS DO BARROSO, Portugal, Sept 13 (Reuters) - In Portugal's northern Barroso region, Maria Loureiro weeps at the prospect of losing her family's land to a mine that could become one of Europe's biggest producers of lithium, used in electric vehicle batteries and other clean technologies."I don't want them to take away what has been left to me by my parents and grandparents," 55-year-old Loureiro said. "I don't want the mine ... I will fight it to the death."She is among local activists in Portugal and elsewhere whose determination to...