Climate 'ruin' should be considered by pension policymakers, IFoA says

Jasmine Urquhart
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Report calls for 'Planetary Solvency' framework which views nature as an asset

Pension policymakers should consider the risk of climate "ruin" in their assessments and move away from viewing climate impacts as "tail risks", a report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)...

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