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Green Finance: A Net Positive Transition

We are all familiar with “Green Economy” where jobs are now created towards a greener vision, aiming at reducing carbon emissions and limiting global temperature rise. But what about “Green Financing”? Putting it into words, green financing is a loan or investment that supports environmentally-friendly activities such as improving energy efficiency of your home or switching to electric vehicles or even building a sustainable infrastructure. And as we begin to recover from the pandemic, green finance presents a huge opportunity to build back a greener future while fighting against climate change. Climate change and environmental degradation are sources of risks for the wellbeing of our societies and the prosperity of our economies. Green finance is now in the mainstream and is becoming the new norm, as risks associated with environmentally-damaged products and services increase and people are investing in green alternatives. Such investors are financial actors looking for investment opp