Billionaires Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson and other high-profile entrepreneurs have pledged to spark a “new economic revolution” based around clean energy after launching a new investment drive for renewables.The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, made up of more than 25 investors from 10 countries, launched in Paris as part of the UN talks where nations are thrashing out an agreement to finally confront the issue of runaway climate change.The initiative has been announced in conjunction with Mission Innovation – an effort from 21 governments, including the US, Britain, Australia, Germany, China and Brazil, to double the amount of public money going into clean energy innovation.It’s expected this will bolster governmental assistance in renewables such as solar to wind energy to $20bn.
Zuckerberg, Gates and other tech titans form clean energy investment coalition
