On climate action, private investors urge governments to jump in (the water is warming)
Many government leaders are being coy about their climate ambitions. Private funders are stepping up theirs.
“My message here today is: The money for ambitious climate action is there. The private financial sector is being transformed,” Mark Carney, now a UN special envoy, said to open Climate Week NYC. Added the former head of the Bank of England, “Ambitious climate action is not just possible, it will be profitable if countries act.”