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Public and private funding for clean energy, climate adaptation and conservation, including the subsidies and risk terms that shape who receives it.
South Korea will put 1,000 trillion won of fiscal and financial support into its K-GX green plan through 2035, alongside 220 trillion won of private projects. Spread over ten years, that is 100 trillion won a year from the state against 22 trillion won from companies.
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Nepal is still waiting on the UN loss and damage fund a month after Rasuwa floods killed more than 1,400 people and left a rebuild costing almost $5 billion. How the fund weighs climate change's role, which it has yet to decide, will shape how fast vulnerable countries get paid.
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A new IIASA-led study allocates a 2C carbon budget to world regions by responsibility and capability, then solves for the cheapest way to satisfy both. The transfers implied run from US$10.1 trillion to US$44.8 trillion.
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Aniket Shah of Jefferies and Al Gore's Generation Investment Management both say AI power is a small part of a 50 billion ton problem, while the share of asset owners calling AI an environmental risk has doubled to 25%.
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The framework, produced with Green Futures Solutions at the University of Exeter for Earthshot Prize judging, asks whether a solution's economics improve as it spreads, and it attaches a 2030 target to each area.
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