The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has delivered its comprehensive 2021 report on the state of global climate science.
The numbers are staggering. The last decade was hotter than any period in 125,000 years, while atmospheric CO2 is now at a two-million-year peak. The consumption of fossil fuels has combined with agriculture to push methane and nitrous oxide - also greenhouse gases - to the highest in at least the last 800,000 years. What matters now is a focus on actions and tangible solutions, and transforming the way asset allocators and investors think about investing in sustainable real assets will be critical to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Background Good infrastructure is the b...
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