UN calls on G20 nations to close $165bn nature and climate investment gap

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Global investment into nature-based solutions should reach $536bn a year by 2050, according to a new UN report.
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Global investment into nature-based solutions should reach $536bn a year by 2050, according to a new UN report.

A new report finds that annual spending on nature-based solutions needs to increase by 140 per cent, with special attention paid to investment in non-G20 countries

The UN is urging 20 of the world's richest nations to step up their funding for nature-based solutions in a bid to close the climate spending gap. In a new report published yesterday, titled the State...

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