Developing economies take 'front seat' in global clean energy investment drive

Madeleine Cuff
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For the first time developing world investments in renewables overtook developed nations, as investment in Europe slumped to its lowest level for a decade

Europe was once the world's leading light in the clean energy revolution. In 2010 clean energy investment in Europe peaked at $131.7bn - far and away the highest of any other region in the world. But...

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