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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated Saturday that the worldwide transition to a low carbon financial system would require $3T in new capital every year by way of 2050, far above present financing.
Talking in Brazil after assembly with G20 finance ministers to debate financial growth, Yellen stated stronger local weather finance insurance policies are wanted to deal with the “existential menace” of local weather change, which would require management far past U.S. borders.
“Neglecting to deal with local weather change and the lack of nature and biodiversity is not only unhealthy environmental coverage. It is usually unhealthy financial coverage,” Yellen stated.
However the financing want is “the only best financial alternative of the twenty first century” and may be leveraged to help sustainable and extra inclusive development, together with for investment-starved international locations, she stated.
Rich economies mobilized $116B in local weather finance for creating international locations in 2022, with 40% coming from multilateral growth banks; Yellen stated the banks, together with the World Financial institution and the Inter-American Growth Financial institution, are setting new targets.
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