Climate scenarios: carbon price shock sees asset prices slump

Crowdsourced scenario analysis suggests very few sectors safe from a post-COP carbon price pop

This article forms part of Risk.net’s series of crowdsourced scenario-generation exercises. Click here to download a PDF of the full results.

Delegates at this month’s UN climate conference have faced many difficult challenges. Some more unusual than others. A strike by Glasgow binmen has led to rubbish piling high in the streets, with giant rats reportedly running amok, terrifying diplomats and hardened locals alike.

In the apocalyptic future some imagine the summit’s failure portending, that