What funds we’ll have: green venture capital

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<p>The boom-and-bust of environmental-technology investing has settled out, and money is <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2020/10/29/climate-conscious-venture-capitalists-are-back?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flooding in</a>—both individual and institutional. We examine the green fields that lie ahead. Many Arab countries have long been suffering an <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/11/21/much-of-the-arab-world-is-short-of-doctors?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">exodus</a> of medical professionals—a problem only magnified by the pandemic. And <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020/11/21/jonathan-sacks-died-on-november-7th?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a reflection</a> on the life of Jonathan Sacks, a tirelessly unifying British rabbi. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>