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
right now, gaza s largest hospital become as warzone as israel launches a, quote, precise and targeted operation against hamas targets with patients still inside. plus the world is watching as president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet just hours from now.averte several lawmakers still spoiling for a fight, literally. got elbowed in the back and kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys. want to do it now? stand your butt up then. you stand your butt up. stop it. good morning to our viewers around the world. more on those shenanigans later. i m kasie hunt. israeli troops are ascertaiascersearching al-shifa room by room. israel claims that it sits on an underground hamas command center and hostages were being kept at the facility. but israeli radio reports that they have not yet found any hostages inside the hospital and the search continues. an israeli defense force spokesman says the military is doing whatever it
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biden administration s diplomatic push and the conflict driving a wedge between the two countries. first, secretary met with s on tuesday. she addressed dialogue needed to find common ground and achieve possible cooperation. she added that the us does not want to sever the links between the two economies, especially with hundreds of billions of dollars at stake for both countries. they do remain far apart on some key economic issues. she said us companies tell her that china s increasingly on investable because of raids on businesses. the new counterespionage law that broadens the definitions of spying, broadens the definitions of spying, it warned it could be used to penalise any business activities. china, meanwhile, wants to see the us reduce export controls on sensitive technologies and scrap a new executive order that bans us investment in key technology industries like quantum computing and artificial intelligence. we are receiving