14/10/24 (Agence Europe) – In a new report, the pan-European think tank Strategic Perspectives analyses that in 2023, the EU remained the second most attractive place for investors in carbon-neutral (‘net zero’) industry, after China, but ahead of the United States, with $334 billion of investment, $76 billion more than in 2022. However, China’s ambitions to become the world’s clean technology monopoly threaten to set the EU industry back. What’s more, the EU recovery plan will come to an end in 2026, and there are still fears that Member States will introduce more restrictive budgets. The United States attracts more than a third of global investment in clean energy start-ups. This competition with China and the United States “should serve as a wake-up call for the EU’s own strong industrial agreement”, says the report. To view the report: https://aeur.eu/f/dvj (PLD)