Net Zero Festival: Top financiers warn key barriers have to be overcome to unleash 'wall of private finance'

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Net Zero Festival: Top financiers warn key barriers have to be overcome to unleash 'wall of private finance'

Panel of experts at Net Zero Festival argues that despite encouraging momentum, major funding gaps remain in the pursuit of net zero targets

Net zero targets are at risk of being missed, unless key barriers are overcome that are currently hampering the flow of global climate finance. That was the key message from a panel of top financiers...

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