'Get ahead of these risks': BlackRock issues climate risk warning to investors

Michael Holder
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Asset management giant warns investors are vastly underestimating risks posed by climate change impacts today 'not just years in the future'

BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, has urged investors around the world to urgently rethink their assessment of climate risk after research found key industries in the US are vastly underestimating...

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