UK backs Ford with £600m to build EVs

The cars will be built in Essex and Merseyside before being shipped across five continents

UK signs £4bn trade deal with Morocco

Projects for investment include renewable energy, water desalination, transport and infrastructure

UK looks to provide loans to countries impacted by climate change

Debts due to climate shocks will also be deferred

UKEF finances £3.6bn sustainable projects in 2021

The investment takes it to top place for the world’s export credit agencies

UK hosts African conference on green transition

The UK will look to increase investment opportunities across the continent and help push forward cleaner infrastructure

UK provides £217m to fund largest Turkish solar project

The 1.35GW facility is the size of 4,600 football pitches and will provide two million Turkish households with renewable energy

Government launches COP26 campaign to make more businesses ‘go green’

UKEF has projected that green trade will be worth £1.8tn by 2030 and is calling for more exporters to take advantage of this

Paper-based tea bag maker gets $1m government backing

The company from Manchester has developed environmentally friendly tea bags to cut down producers’ footprints

UKEF targets net zero emissions by 2050

The export credit agency has committed to making all of its £50 billion capacity carbon-neutral by 2050 on a net basis