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Investors may be ignoring the costs of inaction on climate change

The world is reeling from record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires and rainfall. The economic damage caused by such events is potentially vast, but as the FT’s Nathalie Thomas reports, they’re often not sufficiently factored into asset valuations. In short, as well as tallying the costs involved in a serious response to climate change, investors need to start counting the considerable costs of inaction.

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