Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance chair calls for more action from governments

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One response to “Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance chair calls for more action from governments”

  1. Mike Clark

    Spot on Guenter. The Great Risk Repricing will do more damage to governments than anybody. And governments shape markets. And markets are driven by money.

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