highlighting $57 billion and companies around net zero than ever before. joining me now is dr christine gulbranson, founder and ceo, of nova global ventures a technology fund. dr gulbranson is at the summit bringing together future climate innovators with investors. why has been a fall in global funding green tech companies? there has been a fall globally with all sectors. an overall investment fall. but i think it is starting to pick up again. iam not pick up again. i am not sure if you are having sound issues they are, but we will dry and keep going. what does this fall in investment mean for green tech companies, for those trying to innovate, for entrepreneurs in the sustainability sector? it is the best time to keep going. and you have to innovate. and the world will catch up. the investments will increase. we are having sound issues. apologies for that. thank you for being with us. to markets now with the price of gold and bitcoin both raising eyebrows for the week ahe
games. it does sound justifiable, yes, we cannot possibly be spending that much money on an event that at the moment not everyone is in love with. so what is it going to do for us? but when you go into the inquiry thatis us? but when you go into the inquiry that is ongoing around the cancellation of the games, and also how much money we are now paying not to host them, you cannotjust pull out of hosting the commonwealth games and do not have repercussions. already it is $380 million bill in terms of compensation, that australia now has to pay, that the victorian government now has to pay. the uk government says it agrees with a review on women s football led by former england international karen carney which has called for full professionalisation of women s football. and equal access to sport in schools for girls. england won the european championships last year, and were runners up in this year s world cup but the review found huge discrepincies in pay, facilities, and st