Listed companies have less than six years to align with 1.5°C warming target - MSCI

Analysis of more than 9,000 listed companies points to failures

Pedro Gonçalves
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Publicly listed companies must accelerate climate action if the 1.5°C warming target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement is to be met, according to a new tracker by index provider MSCI covering more than 9,000 companies.

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