Green Policies are like Green vegetables

[JIMMY12345]

You can't force them on people

During the 15-minute address at the FT Moral Money Summit, Mr K... said "Climate change is not a financial risk that we need to worry about." and implied the climate change threat was oversold.
The only problem was he was a giving a talk on behalf of a major bank.The content apparently had been approved beforehand.He could be asked to leave.Belatedly the bank is getting a big club out with which to hit him.

I think the bank is wrong.Not on climate change as it is a major threat.More to stifle free discussion.People even climate skeptics are entitled to hold views,
Do you agree?

 

[exchemist]

You can't force them on people

During the 15-minute address at the FT Moral Money Summit, Mr K... said "Climate change is not a financial risk that we need to worry about." and implied the climate change threat was oversold.
The only problem was he was a giving a talk on behalf of a major bank.The content apparently had been approved beforehand.He could be asked to leave.Belatedly the bank is getting a big club out with which to hit him.

I think the bank is wrong.Not on climate change as it is a major threat.More to stifle free discussion.People even climate skeptics are entitled to hold views,
Do you agree?

No.

He was speaking as a senior representative of the bank, not as a private individual. What he said was crass and damaging to the reputation of the bank, which means he was not doing his job properly. So obviously he will face consequences.

It would have been the easiest thing in the world for him to have nuanced his remarks, e.g. by saying that he didn’t see climate change being, specifically, a financial risk for the bank, though quite obviously it is a huge risk to human society more broadly. He seems to have failed to make that distinction. So either he is a climate change denier or just a clumsy and incompetent oaf. Neither is good, given the job he holds - or held.

 

[F1fan]

Yes, they are both good for us, and only the immature dislike both.

 

[Truth in love]

You can't force them on people

During the 15-minute address at the FT Moral Money Summit, Mr K... said "Climate change is not a financial risk that we need to worry about." and implied the climate change threat was oversold.
The only problem was he was a giving a talk on behalf of a major bank.The content apparently had been approved beforehand.He could be asked to leave.Belatedly the bank is getting a big club out with which to hit him.

I think the bank is wrong.Not on climate change as it is a major threat.More to stifle free discussion.People even climate skeptics are entitled to hold views,
Do you agree?

Without discussion we can’t do better. The massive amount of harm and fraud done under the name of “green” means there is a major breach of trust.