Nat Rothschild is in talks with Indonesian businessmen to help fund a counterbid for Bumi, the London-listed mining group he helped create

Nat Rothschild is in talks with Indonesian businessmen to help fund a counterbid for Bumi, the London-listed mining group he helped create

Political point-scoring has overshadowed the need for a credible carbon price and radical funding of low-carbon innovation, writes Tim Harford