Asset owners flag social risks in route to 'just transition'

The proposition of a ‘just transition’ was a highlight in discussions at the recent COP27 climate change conference held in Egypt last month. Many of the key topics shifted from the previous COP’s environmental promises of developed nations to focus on the failure of the financial world in providing enough money to help emerging economies effectively cut their carbon emissions. “A ‘just transition’ very much means considering the social and economic dynamics which are inherent in …