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Super funds are feeling the financial heat from climate change

  • Written by Amandine Denis, Head of Research, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University

The wild fires that have ravaged the US west coast, turning skies orange, are a lurid reminder that climate change looms ever larger as an economic threat.

This week has seen a flurry of announcements reflecting that reality.

Read more: Coping with Western wildfires: 5 essential reads

New Zealand’s government has declared it will...

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