Steele: 90% of Climate Finance Goes to Mitigation Over Adaptation
Kate Steele · Climatetech for developing economies · Oct 27, 2022 · at 35:57
Kate Steele, CEO of Nithio, highlights the disparity in climate financing between emissions mitigation and climate adaptation/resilience in developing regions.
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“Like, 90% of climate finance right now goes to mitigation. It's all emissions reduction.”
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