Markets may be underpricing climate-related risk

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

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Wednesday | May 23rd 2018

Markets and the climate
Loose change

Are the markets paying enough attention to climate-change mitigation? From insurance companies to global equity and corporate-bond markets, few seem worried about the way in which a transition to a low-carbon economy might affect their financial health. Short time horizons may explain why they tend to brush off climate agreements such as the Paris accords of 2015. Or, just as likely, they just never believed the commitments