French President Emmanuel Macron: Wealth managers urgently need to switch from ‘day to day business’ to ‘climate business’ or face the consequences

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September 26, 2018 6:46 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron wants some of the world's wealthiest people to help fix climate change, by switching "from the day to day business, to the climate business."

French President Emmanuel Macron is doubling down on his climate agenda.
He told the UN General Assembly Tuesday that he'll no longer make trade deals with countries that aren't in the Paris Agreement. (The

NEW YORK — French President Emmanuel Macron says when it comes to dealing with our warming Earth, "we are late," and that it's time for the world's wealthiest financiers to keep the global temperature in check.

asking some of the world's top wealth funds to definitively back away from investing in companies that push fossil fuels out into the atmosphere, which help warm the planet.

It's a plan that he's been working on for a few months now.

Macron is toeing an increasingly hard line on climate issues.

While Trump's been in New York touting his signature "America First" agenda this week (and drawing some un-stifled laughs from world leaders), Macron has pledged

Macron told Bill and Melinda Gates that he's ready to work with any world leader who's committed to moving the needle on climate change — not just the traditionally powerful members of the G7.

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