Explainer-What is climate finance and why does it matter? By Reuters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Countries trying to shift to clean energy while also preparing for extreme weather and other impacts in a warmer world will need money - a lot of it.
56% : This is shifting focus toward ways to attract more private money, through changes in financial regulations, credit ratings and multilateral bank lending practices and the creation of new financial instruments.
51% : This describes all funding from governments, development banks, private investors and philanthropies aimed at helping countries cut greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to climate impacts, for example through projects in renewable energy or for flood defenses.

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