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Climate tech accounts for more than 10% of all private equity and venture capital investment, a PwC report states.

Credits from projects aligned with the SDG traded at an 86% higher price in 2022, according to a report from Ecosystem Marketplace.

Whether it is to get investors comfortable with risk, or to get capital to where it will have the most impact, climate solutions investors have been taking a fresh look at the private fund model.

In the transition away from fossil fuels, entrepreneurs and investors are finding inspiration in technologies that have existed for hundreds of years.

If scaled, nature-based solutions have the potential to account for 37% of necessary climate mitigation goals. Carbon offset trading holds the key.

CalPERS, CalSTRS, CPP, PSP and NYSCRF are among the largest public pension funds with target allocations or siloed capital buckets for climate-themed investment opportunities.

Pensions with dedicated buckets or targets for climate investing are clustered in US coastal states, Eastern Canada and Europe.

'Flexible investing' funds come in all shapes and sizes - but, as fund managers recognise the need to scale new solutions to mitigate climate change, almost every 'flexible' climate fund has a private equity component.

The firm has raised €200m, with Australian superannuation fund Rest a cornerstone investor.

The new hire replaces Lora Brill, who left Orchard Street at the start of the year to join sustainability consultancy Ramboll.