Investment commentators have issued a call to arms for investors to "step up and be bolder" following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report. The climate report warned the critical threshold of 1.5C warming may be breached within a decade, with the window for securing a liveable, sustainable future is rapidly closing despite there being "multiple, feasible, and effective" solutions available to stave off dangerous levels of global warming. Rathbone Greenbank's stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence says investors need to be increas...
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