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Positive tipping points to net zero and how to finance them

Eoin Murray, Federated Hermes, and Professor Tim Lenton, Global Systems Institute

01 December 2020 • 3 min read

The finance sector has the means, and the scientists have the data, to model interventions with much greater impact than we see today, explain Federated Hermes' Eoin Murray, and Tim Lenton from the Global Systems Institute

Of President-elect Joe Biden's many campaign commitments to address the climate crisis, the most significant is the United States re-joining the Paris climate agreement. Climate change is a global issue...

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