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IT WAS inevitably dubbed “Black Wednesday”. But for anyone with an interest in a sustainable future for humanity on the planet — that is, all of us — 26 May was a red-letter day.
Strike one was a Dutch court ordering Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell to align itself with the Paris Agreement on climate change and cut its carbon emissions, including from the products it sells, by 45 per cent by 2030. Activist investors then voted to make US oil firm Chevron responsible for reducing the emissions from customers burning its products. And, in strike three, a small hedge fund forced…
