New network launches to accelerate climate change investments
26 Mar 2008
Yesterday saw the official launch of a global network mobilizing and accelerating investments to tackle climate change at http://www.climatecapital.net.
Climate Capital Network™ aims to attract and facilitate massive capital flow from investors and philanthropists, to ventures and projects that mitigate and compensate greenhouse gases (GHG) globally.
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