[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: Governments must fund low-carbon energy sources

 

UN unveils African energy group to spur access, development | Security Council plans to meet on Yemen, Ukraine | Russia prevents Security Council from condemning Ukraine shelling Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 26, 2015 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban: Governments must fund low-carbon energy sources Governments need to allocate adequate funding for green investment, said Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general. Without the proper funding for low-carbon energy sources, "we will lock ourselves to bad long term investments which will make it impossible to hit the Sustainable Development Goals and put ourselves at risk of costly climate change," Ban said. 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