'Deeply troubling': Covid-19 to spur record drop in global energy investment

Cecilia Keating
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IEA expects global energy investment to plummet by $400bn this year with major implications for renewables, energy efficiency and net zero

Global investment in energy could shrink by 20 per cent this year due to the Covid-19 crisis, with both renewables as well as fossil fuels set to suffer from what is gearing up to be the largest drop in...

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