Quilter signs global investor statement on climate crisis

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today, and without serious ambition from governments around the world we risk catastrophic changes to the Earth's climate system, said Quilter chief executive Paul Feeney (pictured). He said that in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the IPCC has identified the need to keep global temperature increases well below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, with a focus on 1.5 degrees. The 2021 statement focused on global warming and called for effective emissions reduction policies, an end of fossil fuel...