"Mercer launches new global climate change investments report", 4 June 2015

A new report from Mercer modelling the potential impact of climate change on investments, has found investors cannot ignore the implications for investment returns. The research reveals investors can manage the risk most effectively by looking ‘under the hood’ of their portfolios and factoring climate change into their risk modelling, which requires a significant behavioral shift for most.The report, titled “Investing in a time of climate change.” outlines actions for investors to manage key downside risks and access opportunities.  It is the culmination of a research project that began in September 2014 and will be launched in London today; ahead of negotiations for a new global climate agreement at the end of 2015 in Paris.The investment modelling supports the following key findings: Climate change will give rise to investment winners and losers...The biggest risk is at the industry level...[and] [a]sset-class return impacts will be material, but vary widely by climate change scenario.