On February 25, Faye Walsh Drouillard marked the end of the second annual climate pitch day organised by Wake Up Capital by saying: “Let’s hope we can make a significant climate impact and a significant amount of money in the future.” The American-born founder and managing partner of the Dublin impact venture-capital firm didn’t know at the time that the US would attack Iran three days later and trigger a regional war in the Middle East. The resulting oil price surge past $100 per barrel has come as a reminder that, despite US President Donald Trump’s climate-change denial, solutions to…

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