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Billionaire former Tory donor berates Sunak as he offers millions from own fortune to stop climate change

Guy Hands and his wife Julia plan to use a big chunk of their wealth for philanthropy, including combatting climate change, when steps back this month from investment giant Terra Firma

Billionaire former Conservative donor Guy Hands has slammed Rishi Sunak for “rowing back” on the Government’s commitment to fighting climate change.

Writing for i, Mr Hands reveals he and his wife Julia are going to divert hundreds of millions of their fortune to climate change projects in an effort to “reverse some of the damage we have done to our planet” and do “everything we can to reverse the damage for my children and their children to come”.

In a warning to Mr Sunak against caving in to pressure from climate sceptics in his own party to water down net-zero targets, Mr Hands writes: “While usually well-meaning, politicians are elected on the basis of how they improve people’s standard of living today rather than focusing on years into the future. Many see their job as choosing the most palatable solutions to climate change and calling it progress.

“However, it is very dangerous to be told that we are moving forward when we are not. We need instead to face up to how bad the situation is and how desperately we need to change.

“In short, the Prime Minister is not doing nearly enough. The UK should be taking a global lead on climate change, not rowing back. Ignorance is not bliss when the world is on fire.”

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