Duquet was speaking on a panel entitled: “Private Institutional Investment for Emerging Market Clean Energy and Climate Impact”.

He noted not only the substantial interest in the sector from investors, but also the challenges for those who are inexperienced in the sector. The considerable due diligence that the public sector undertakes on managers like Mirova SunFunder is one way to mitigate this challenge. Private sector investors are able to leverage this due diligence, lightening their load while gaining access to the expertise of public institutions that have decades of experience in investing in emerging markets geographies and sectors.

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