Activists invest hope in a greening of finance

Activists invest hope in a greening of finance

Davos prioritises environment as activists invest hope in greener finance. "Our house is on fire," Greta Thunberg told delegates at the World Economic Forum last January.. Last September's series of co-ordinated international street protests demanding action on climate change were among the largest the world has seen.. Hardly surprising, then, that concern about climate change is among the top agenda items at the WEF this year.. In the US, 2019 was the year climate politics reconquered the Democratic party.. The truth is that the much acclaimed Paris agreement was an inadequate fudge.. Its chief justification was that an agreement was better than no agreement and that subsequent talks would yield more adequate commitments.. Get alerts on World Economic Forum in Davos when a new story is published. We analyse hopes for greener finance easing the politics of climate change, US-China tensions, demands for more responsible capitalism and other key themes.