The multi-trillion dollar shift: Is the green energy investment revolution finally on its way?

Michael Holder
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Global investment needs to rapidly shift away from fossil fuels to green energy throughout the 2020s, but bets against that happening look increasingly risky

In order to cap global warming at 1.5C and build a net zero economy investment in the world's energy system needs to deliver a huge swing away from fossil fuels and towards low carbon energy systems such...

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