Investor responses to climate change: Fight or flight?

Fund managers must collectively lead the way

With climate change awareness greater than ever, now seems to be a fitting time to consider how this should play into an investor's portfolio.

David Attenborough, speaking at the Katowice climate conference this week, referred to climate change as "our greatest threat for thousands of years" and warned of the "collapse of our civilisations and much of the natural world". New research also indicates global CO2 emissions have increased by a shocking 2.7% this year. Despite this, investor responses to climate risk continues to vary - even among those with a sound understanding of the issues. Both ESG integration and negative exclusion strategies have made significant progress in recent years, according to last month's Eurosif repo...