Study: UK leads Europe in climate tech investment

Cecilia Keating
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Electric charging solutions received the lion's share of climate tech in transport sector | Credit: iStock
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Electric charging solutions received the lion's share of climate tech in transport sector | Credit: iStock

But funding for decarbonisation innovations needs to be distributed more broadly to target a wider range of economic sectors, new PwC report warns

More funding flowed into climate tech start-ups in the UK between 2013 and 2021 than any other country in Europe, but work now needs to be done to stop investment from skewing heavily towards proven technologies...

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