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Greening public finance: The UK’s public finance ecosystem and the net zero transition

Policy analysis
Authors
Laurie Macfarlane and Chaitanya Kumar
Publisher
New Economics Foundation

What it examines

Examines how UKIB, BBB, UKEF and CDC could support a just transition to net zero. It proposes changes to mandates, financial instruments, funding and coordination through a common public ownership body.

Why it matters

Offers a system-wide alternative for coordinating institutions now covered by the PuFin framework.

Institutions and themes

Catalogue entry reviewed 17 September 2026. The summary describes the publication’s analysis; it does not establish that historical findings remain current.