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Financial industry braces for growing wave of climate litigation

By James King
Annelot Kuiper, Energetics
Annelot Kuiper, Energetics

Financial services institutions are reassessing their risk of being sued in climate-related lawsuits following a glut of high-profile cases.

A tide of climate-related litigation is sweeping through the financial services ecosystem, as banks, pension funds, insurers and even regulators face a growing number of legal claims from pressure groups and ...

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