Citigroup will today commit to providing $50bn to environmental projects over the next decade in Wall Street´s boldest statement of the business risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

这家全球最大的金融服务集团将承诺拨出100亿美元，用于减少自身的温室气体排放，比其最初计划的投资额提高了9倍。

The world´s largest financial services group will commit to increasing 10-fold to $10bn its planned investment to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.

该集团也已开始为贷款客户提供咨询建议，帮助他们让各自的项目更具环境可持续性，以降低未来遭遇环保监管的风险。

It has also started advising borrowers on how to make their projects more environmentally sustainable to reduce their risk from future environmental regulation.

花旗集团推出上述举措之际，华尔街正急于抓住环保领域的一些机会，例如替代能源、能源效率和碳排放交易等。 Citigroup´s initiative comes as Wall Street is rushing to capitalise on opportunities in areas such as alternative energy, energy efficiency and carbon emissions trading.