Insurance industry demands 'ambitious, meaningful' global climate deal

Jessica Shankleman
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Open letter comes as Ed Davey says a Paris agreement must be priority for next government to avoid catastrophic climate change

The UK's insurance industry will today join with green groups and academics to call on world leaders to sign an ambitious global deal on tackling climate change at a major summit in Paris later this year....

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