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"Mobilising money and power to do the right things might sound like the opening to a jokebut we have to do it."
That's the vision of the Allied4Future group, which is holding its first-ever World Future Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov.
4, reports Innovators Magazine.
The group's goal is to transform the global financial system so that it plays a bigger role in helping the world decarbonize.
"Because decarbonizing the global economyour biggest moonshot, something never done before, won't be possible otherwise," says Allied4Future's CEO.
"The certainty the system thrives on must be oriented towards the transformations our world needs."
That means "leverage capital and investment mechanisms, not just as tools for financial returns but as powerful drivers of the transition to a climate-neutral and sustainable economy," says Allied4Future. Read the Entire Article
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