UK pension funds could face legal action over climate risk, ClientEarth warns

Michael Holder
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Green lawyers write to 14 major UK pension funds setting out legal obligations and risks from failing to properly manage and disclose climate change risk

ClientEarth has written to 14 of the UK's biggest pension funds warning they could face legal action unless they properly take account of risks to their investment portfolios posed by climate change...

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