Mark Carney says financial sector must act faster on climate change GlobeBusiness
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, speaks at a press conference in London on Dec. 16, 2019.Financial services have been too slow to cut investment in fossil fuels, a delay that could lead to a sharp increase in global temperatures, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said in an interview broadcast on Monday.
Carney, due to become the United Nations’ special envoy for climate change next year when he steps down from the bank, told BBC radio that global warming could render the assets of many financial companies worthless. Carney cited pension fund analysis that showed the policies of companies pointed to global warming of 3.7 to 3.8 degrees Celsius, compared with the 1.5-degree target outlined in the Paris Agreement on climate change.“The concern is whether we will spend another decade doing worthy things but not enough... and we will blow through the 1.5 C mark very quickly,” Carney said in a radio program guest edited by teenage environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg.
He said there would need to be a mix of public investment and change driven by financial markets because of their power to reflect judgments about the future value of assets in a world affected by climate change. Earlier this month, the BOE said Britain’s top banks and insurers should be tested together for the first time in 2021 to quantify the potential financial damage from climate change on their businesses.
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