How investors should respond to the climate crisis

The time to act is now

Climate change is the most pressing concern of our time. That makes it a central concern for professional investors.

As asset managers, we have responsibilities both to our clients and to the wider world. Here, however, the long-term interests of our clients and our planet are very much aligned. Although the global policy response to the climate crisis has been underwhelming, its ramping up will have profound implications for asset prices. Fund giants urge BP to step up fight against climate change So too will the continuing fall in the relative price of low-carbon technologies. Companies and countries that respond quickly to these changes will face a bright future. Conversely, late movers wil...