Climate and Environment

John Gibbons: Masks are off, exposing economist Pollyannas leading the world off a climate cliff

Complacent and misinformed his FT presentation may have been, but HSBC bigwig Stuart Kirk did us all a favour by exposing the financial sector’s charade of talking ‘net zero by 2050’

Stuart Kirk, global head of responsible investing at HSBC, raised hackles by saying: ‘Who cares if Miami is under six metres of water?’