'Simply not enough': Annual climate finance flows hit half a trillion dollars milestone

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Annual climate investments across 2017-18 were 25 per cent higher than during 2015-16, analysts find, but total falls far short of the trillions needed to meet global climate goals

Global levels of investment to tackle the climate emergency increased sharply over the past two years thanks to particularly strong financial flows into renewable energy generation and low-carbon transport,...

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