‘Green’ investments must triple by 2030, report urges
Al Jazeera
With half of the globe’s economic growth dependent on nature, now is the time to galvanise political and business momentum to restore it, environmental experts say.
Investments in nature-based solutions must triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2050, a new report urges, warning of irreversible damage to economies, the planet and humanity if the status quo remains unchanged. A new State of Finance for Nature Report warns that public and private investment must triple to $350bn by 2030 from the current $133bn – or face a $4.1 trillion gap by 2050. “It’s doable but it’s not being done,” Teresa Hartmann, one of the report’s co-authors and the climate and nature lead at the World Economic Forum, told Al Jazeera.
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