Interesting framing, but essentially the banks are just saying what has been clear for many years now -- the thing that has changed is that the political context now makes it easy and advantageous to say it while this was different before.
Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Warming — EA Forum
Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Warming
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree goal and are examining how to maintain profits
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I believe the standard literature estimates for the number of DALYs attributable to a case of stunting are too low, largely because they don’t account for the long term effects. This means that childhood nutritional interventions that reduce the prevalence of stunting may be substantially more cost-effective than previously believed.
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Subtitle: It’s a major warning shot, and might be the last one we get
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Interesting framing, but essentially the banks are just saying what has been clear for many years now -- the thing that has changed is that the political context now makes it easy and advantageous to say it while this was different before.