The future is not what it used to be

From the blog: Last month some 130 world leaders travelled to New York to formally sign the Paris Agreement, sending a powerful signal to the investment community that now is the time to shift assets towards the low-carbon economy.

The strength of the new climate accord indicates a certainty around this economic transition that did not exist before, and pension funds increasingly understand that the emergence of a low-carbon economy – with multiple beneficial opportunities – needs to be as swift as possible.

Just one example of the momentum that has now built among investors was the statement this month from more than 400 institutional investors with $24tn (£16.7tn) of assets under management calling on world leaders to accede the Paris Agreement into national law as a matter of urgency.

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