Good morning, and welcome to the only Trump-free zone you may find in your news feed this morning.
I spent an hour yesterday talking to a group of CEOs about whether they are pulling back on their commitments to combat climate change in the face of a volatile and uncertain economy. There are plenty of reasons to wonder. Higher inflation and interest rates are making long-term investments more costly. Banking woes are raising the prospect of a credit crunch. And in the U.S., political pushback has cast a cloud over environmental, social, and governance (ESG) plans.
