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According to a report by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this amounts to 1.8 gigatonnes less carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

Also, total investment in this sector rose by two points to close to $280 billion in 2017.

As our infographic shows, developing countries first overtook the developed countries in 2015. Last year the gap grew to $74 billion.

This article and chart originally appeared on the blog of statistics firm Statista, and is republished here with permission.