Blended finance is mobilising private investment to meet development aims, but it needs to be part of a wider toolbox of support from national and supra-national bodies, World Economic Forum delegates heard.
Returning US president Donald Trump has carried through on pledges to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement, but that has not dampened enthusiasm for sustainable investment among European investors, a new survey found.
The new early-stage venture capital fund aims to raise as much as €100m and to invest in climate and deep tech firms in the energy, materials, industrials, and food sectors.
The LGPS fund’s investment will go towards building affordable housing in the north-west of England, as waiting lists for social housing continue to rise.
The investment will help support Vietnamese companies to move to clean energy sources as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel power.
The firm plans to expand its fleet of low emissions uncrewed surveying vessels to meet growing demand from customers including offshore wind developers and marine protection agencies.
Most of the investment will be directed to the immediate purchase and refurbishment of properties in Gloucestershire, to help reduce the number of people being housed in unsuitable temporary accommodation in the UK region.
The UK-based startup, whose environmental DNA technology is able to produce data on thousands of species at once, will use the funding to scale up its biodiversity monitoring platform.
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