Earth Day and the uncomfortable truth about climate change targets

Andrew Howard, Head of Sustainable Research at Schroders, and Isabella Hervey-Bathurst, an investor in climate change themes, chat to the pod.

As the world celebrates Earth Day we get a dose of reality over just how close we are to meeting the 2°C climate change commitment in the Paris Climate Accord, and what missing it could mean for the economy.

We look at the impact of coronavirus on meeting climate change goals. We ask what we can learn from how businesses committed to solving social and climate issues evolved after the last crisis and what the role of investors could be in helping meet climate change goals.

RUNNING ORDER:

Part one:

01:40 What is the Paris agreement and why a target of 2 degrees global warming?

04:40 Climate Progress Dashboard: where are we on the path to 2 degrees climate change?

07:50 What impact has coronavirus had on meeting the 2 degree target?

Part two:

11:30 What can learn from the previous crisis about the evolution of companies?

15:22 What effect, if any, is coronavirus having on company policies?

Part three:

18:30 Could coronavirus be the turning point to help meet agreed climate change targets?

21:50 What is shareholders responsibility?

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