UN envoy Carney calls for global 'kitemark' standards to verify net zero projects

Glasgow climate summit turns its attention to finance as UK also sets out its own new requirements for listed companies to present net zero plans

Pledges: Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor and now the UN special envoy for climate action and finance, attends the opening of Finance Day at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow on Wednesday — Pledges: Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor and now the UN special envoy for climate action and finance, attends the opening of Finance Day at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow on WednesdayPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX

Rob Watts

Glasgow

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Published 3 November 2021, 11:16Updated 3 November 2021, 16:44