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Climate needs ‘forceful stewardship’ by shareholders

To many in the City of London, this week’s Paris summit is a big yawn. Investors must wake them up

See no evil: if the City and Wall Street turn a blind eye to climate change, it will be at their own expense
See no evil: if the City and Wall Street turn a blind eye to climate change, it will be at their own expense Photo: Corbis

Many City types could not care less about the climate conference taking place in Paris. That’s a mistake.

Even those who are paying attention may imagine that if - as expected - the conference ends without deciding any drastic action to fight climate change, nothing of importance will have happened. Another mistake.

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