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A pandemic side-effect: climate change, front and centre - BNP Paribas Asset Management

Once the pandemic is past, the existential issues around climate change will still require action on an unprecedented scale. This may include changes in behaviour – beyond working from home and less (business) travel – and multi-trillion dollar investments in energy transition and environmental protection, says Edward Lees, co-portfolio manager in BNP Paribas Asset Management's environmental strategies investment group.

Posted on Mar 02, 2021

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... Fundamentally, from an environmental perspective, nothing has changed as a result of the pandemic in the sense that the problems that were here five or 10 years ago remain. If anything, the pandemic has reminded us not to ignore existential threats, to take them seriously and to look for opportunities for a coordinated response.

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