The Week Ahead: Climate risk and the role of investors | Business
1 min readEarth Day will bring together leaders of more than three dozen countries to talk climate. And while the state of the environment will be the focus of the discussions, it’s the economy that will drive decisions.
Long-term investors should be paying attention. After all, companies are under increasing pressure to acknowledge and disclose the risks they face from a changing climate and any role they play in contributing to a warming planet.
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Financial journalist Tom Hudson hosts “The Sunshine Economy” on WLRN-FM in Miami, where he is the vice president of news. He is the former co-anchor and managing editor of “Nightly Business Report” on public television. Follow him on Twitter @HudsonsView.
