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UN: China, India driving new clean energy investments
2016-03-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Global temperatures continue to rise but there is a patch of good news. The UNs annual study of clean power trends says investments in low carbon power are breaking records. Funding for wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy inched up 5% in 2015 to US$285.9 billion, past a previous peak of $278.5 billion in 2011. We have entered a new era of clean energy growth, said UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. Investments in new coal and gas capacity through 2015 were 50% lower than renewables....
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