Climate Investment, Low-Carbon Innovation and Green Industrial Policy
IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan offers up a timely commentary on climate investment, low-carbon innovation and green industrial policy, ahead of COP21 in Paris.
IISD President-CEO Scott Vaughan offers up a timely commentary on climate investment, low-carbon innovation and green industrial policy, just ahead of COP21 in Paris at the end of this year.
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