Report: Annual global low-carbon investment dips from record high

BusinessGreen staff
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2016 investment levels fall to $383bn, down from $437bn in 2015 - but it's not all bad news, according to Climate Policy Initiative

Global investment in low-carbon technologies such as wind and solar power fell last year from the record high set in 2015, according to a new report released yesterday by the Climate Policy Initiative...

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