Changing where you keep your money could reduce your carbon footprint by up to 27 times more than giving up flying or going vegan, writes Graham Lawton
Environment
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14 October 2020
Grace Frank / Silverback/Netflix
MANY of us at New Scientist have specialist areas of weakness. Mine is physics. In the grand scheme of things, they are actually considered a strength: if I can understand an article about, say, quantum theory, then anyone can. But recently, it has dawned on me that I have a more serious weakness in my understanding of the world. One which, as I write about environmental issues, I ought to fill. The subject? Finance.
Ugh. I skim past those pages in the newspaper. As soon as somebody mentions bonds or derivatives, my brain seizes up. Frankly, …
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