While climate change may have taken a back seat in a news cycle dominated by Covid-19, war and the cost-of-living crisis, the risks and threats associated with our warming planet remain the biggest long-term threat to our combined economic future.
Banks and financial institutions will be critical to managing that risk and this includes financing of sustainable infrastructure, supporting transition and investing green innovation.
In fact, the banking industry has a responsibility to bridge top-down and bottom-up approaches to net-zero and help the public and private sectors realise the vast opportunities the energy transition and the move to sustainable infrastructure promises. Read more…