Higher cost of finance exacerbates a climate investment trap in developing economies

November 9, 2021 Siddhant Goyal

Date of Publication: Jun 30, 2021

Author: Nadia Ameli, Olivier Dessens & Michael Grubb

Summary:

Access to low cost finance is vital for developing economies’ transition to green energy. Here the authors show how modelled decarbonization pathways for developing economies are disproportionately impacted by different weighted average cost of capital (WACC) assumptions.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24305-3