Could the reallocation of human capital be a key solution to today's climate crisis?

Companies looking in the wrong places

Following the UN’s recent report announcing there is “no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place”, taking action to operationalise the Paris Agreement has never been more urgent.

The reality is that, despite the window dressing that says otherwise, the transition will only take place if long-term capital is funnelled into unequivocally credible decarbonisation-focused solutions. The problem lies not in the fact that the market lacks these solutions, but in the startling truth that people without the necessary understanding, experience and skills have been tasked with orchestrating change quickly. Facing pressure to respond to the way that ESG has burst into the mainstream, many organisations quickly reshuffled a few desks to tick a box. 'The great reclassif...