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19.6.1: Data Dive- Sustainable Investments

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    Overview

    Climate change is the major focus of conversation across many different disciplines and interest groups. With a huge array of global sustainability challenges both now and in the future, investors are starting to re-evaluate where they want to spend their money. Today, sustainable investing is increasing exponentially! The graph below displays the global growth in sustainable investments between 2012 and 2018:

    2012 donut chart showing global investment breakdown2018 donut chart showing global investment breakdown
    Figure \(\PageIndex{a}\): 2012 and 2018 global sustainable investments. Graph by Rachel Schleiger (CC-BY-NC) modified from data in Global Sustainable Investment Alliance 2019.

    Questions

    1. What kind of graphs are these?
    2. What major differences are there between the 2012 graph and the 2018 graph?
    3. Which country(ies) is the major leader for sustainable investments?
    4. Are there any countries/regions that are not represented on the graph that you would have predicted would be there?
    5. Is there anything that surprises you about the results displayed in these graphs? Explain your answer.

     

    Raw Data From Above Graph(s)

    Table \(\PageIndex{a}\): Raw data from 2012 and 2018 global sustainable investments. Graph by Rachel Schleiger (CC-BY-NC) modified from data in Global Sustainable Investment Alliance 2019.

    Country/Continent 2012 Investments (USD$ Trillion) 2018 Investments (USD$ Trillion)
    United States 3.7 12
    Europe 8.8 14.1
    Japan 0.01 2.2
    Canada 0.59 1.7
    Australia/New Zealand 0.18 0.7

    Attributions

    Rachel Schleiger (CC-BY-NC)


    This page titled 19.6.1: Data Dive- Sustainable Investments is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Melissa Ha and Rachel Schleiger (ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative) .

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