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Clean energy finance remains a top concern at COP30

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The Business Hour team explores development financing challenges for clean energy projects, particularly for the Global South, with Policy Innovation Lab and Stellenbosch University researcher Monique Bennett. Financing for clean energy projects, trade and climate change disinformation are top of the agenda at COP30 in Brazil.
19 Nov 2025 4AM English South Africa Business · Daily News

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