This report produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, UNEP and Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracks  the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable energy and  explores the issues affecting each type of investment, technology and the  region.

This report contains chapters on: renewables investment by economic status of country; renewable energies in perspective, compared to fossil fuels and the importance of energy efficiency, and for use in mitigating climate change; the green economy; asset finance; small-scale projects; public markets; venture capital and private equity; research

This new UNEP report focuses on the global trends in sustainable energy investment, covering both the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.